Brad Paisley - Welcome to the Future

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The song "Welcome to the Future" By Brad Paisley is a great song to listen to. It mainly talks about when he was younger everything was so different to everything in the 21st century. One part of the song that really stuck out to me was when he said he was going on an 8 hour car ride and just wanted to watch T.V. Nowadays, a lot of cars have mini tv's in them so you can watch a movie or two on a long car ride. Another part that stuck out to me was when he sang that now we can ask for rides on our phones, where as before you had to set up a ride with someone in person. The difference between today's society is the technology. Back in the days, technology wasn't a thing and has changed the world and peoples lives tremendously.

I think this song had a very strong meaning behind it. Although, I wasn't alive when technology wasn't as big as it is now, it still has as strong meaning behind it, especially for those who lived it. It amazes how much it has changed and how much we take technology for granted.

"Is google making us stupid?"

In the article, "Is Google Making us Stupid", it first talks about how our brain in changing because of how much we read online. This article also talks about how you can hit one button and have all the answers you need because of Google. The article mentions how people are no longer taking their time to actually do the research that needs to be done because of how fast Google works and how much information (whether it is correct or incorrect) we try to pull from one link. Although it is evident that technology has truly taken over our lives and people are constantly on their phones, people still manage to read a good book every now in then so their faces aren't glued to the computer screen. Nicholas Carr even states in his article that computers are becoming the new medium to today's society. Carr makes some excellent points in his article and it really makes me wonder if our universe depends on technology for everything they do or if they are just being lazy.

Scott Karp, who was lit major in college and was a voracious book reader in college, now admits that he doesn't read books anymore and gets distracted after a few pages. Bruce Friedman has also admitted that the internet alters his mental habits.

I believe that Carr has written an excellent article and has made some very valid points in his article. I do agree with the fact that the internet is taking over and we do depend on the internet for everything. As said in the article, we don't take the time to research or spend the time to care. We pull out our phones or our computers and type in one simple question and go off what the internet is saying. It is scary to me that the internet is what we depend on in today's society.

The wilderness downtown

At first I found this kind of interesting to see something go over the top of my house. Then as I got into it more and thought about it more, I got really freaked out that the computer knew my whole address before I typed it in and freaked out that technology can now do that and track where you live. Although it was pretty neat to watch it, it freaked me out that I was watching something go over my house and all my neighbors house. Although it did freak me out, it was also very cool watching and knowing that technology now a days can do that. I will say this video was fascinating knowing they can find my house that fast. It was a very unique idea but also very creepy seeing my house from a different perspective. 

Reading in a whole new way & reading on screens

Smithsonianmag.com

Reading these articles were both very interesting and both made valid points. It amazes me how much technology has become apart of everyone's life and how much more life is now that there is technology. Of course, back in the days there wasn't any technology and everything was written and on paper. In the article "Reading in a whole new way" it makes points showing how difficult it was to read on paper in the 11th century. For example, there were no spaces in between the lines when reading, which made the reading process more difficult and was a talent if you could read silently to yourself. This article was also very interesting to me because it proves to you how in the future America will depend on technology and reading on screens. In the article "Reading on Screens" does an excellent job of proving so. From e-books, videos, information and much more, you can now find everything online and even read almost everything online or on screens. The only downfall about reading things on screens is not sometimes the things you read online are not always true. While both on screen reading and reading from paper both have their advantages, I personally think reading on screen is more beneficial because I feel more organized. Both of these articles were great articles to read and eye opening because I have never truly realized how important reading on papers has been to America. 

Annie Sneed Article

"We Used to Wait"

I am a child of the digital literacy age. Growing up as a 90's child, there has been many changes to the world and the way technology has worked in the past and how it works now. Of course, in my generation sending letters to one another is not a common thing. In the song "We Used to Wait" basically about how letters were very popular in the older age and how different this world is today. This song has a very strong meaning behind it because the generations now a days don't know what its like to send letters and wait for letters. This song really shows how much time has changed and how technology truly has taken over our lives and how we rely on it for anything that we need. Now a days you can hit one button and find out so much information or even hit a button and a message is sent out in 2 seconds rather than a week.
When I was little, I remember I would always go to my parents for any question that I had and it would take them a few minutes to answer because they weren't able to look up the answer online. It's the little things in life you remember that you didn't realize at the time would be so different to how everything in this world is now. In my opinion, I think letters are very old fashioned and a neat idea, however I am not the one to write a lot of letters because of the generation I have grown up in.