As I continue to read “Everything Bad is Good For You” I
have distinguished the pattern that Johnson finds a way to rebuttal every
argument that is pressed down on resources that our popular culture uses, such
as the ones that I have mentioned in my past blogs: TV and Videogames. This may
sound dumb, because the title of the book is “Everything Bad is Good For You”,
which is an indicator that Johnson will be taking the good out of everything,
but still its really neat.
Anyway, Johnson has demonstrated that the resources such as
TV and video games aren’t only to entertain us, they actually have a cognitive
value. When I reached the chapter about internet, I was eager to find out what
he had to say on this subject, given that it is the one I use the most.
Now in my generation, the internet is something common that
brings “Google to be our culture’s principal of knowing about itself.”(121) I
don’t know where I would be without Google. I guess I’d be stuck in a library
for six hours trying to find information about how World War II affected the
German economy, or something simple like definitions, or diets to lose weight
in four days.
As I read I thought about how much I use the internet each
day. I use it to find addresses, definitions, facts, pictures, blogs, go on
Facebook, Whatsapp and probably more things that I don’t realize. Our
generation is the one that gets everything fast. You can reserve a table at a
restaurant, order food, clothes, and more in just a matter of seconds. We
haven’t experienced what it is to wait, because most things that we want come
to us right away. But not knowing how to wait is a negative aspect because when
it comes to waiting I drive myself crazy. For instance, waiting for my SAT
scores, or application decisions. These things take time and I have no control
over it, which sucks.
Johnson says that the “rise of the internet has challenged
our minds in three fundamental ways: by virtue of being participatory, by
forcing users to learn new interfaces, and by creating new channels of social
interaction.” I couldn’t agree with him more. When there are new programs we
are forced to learn them, for example the new IOS7. If we don’t learn how to
manage these interfaces we will be left behind. Social networks are present all
the time, and are used constantly. Facebook, Whatsapp, MSN, BBM, IM, Snapchat,
and Circle are all used to communicate with people from all around the world.
With just pressing the button “send” I can communicate with a friend in Abu
Dabi. To us it seems crazy, but for some reason my grandmother can’t seem to
understand this concept.
Although Internet may have its flaws such as “identity fraud”,
all of its advancements opaque the negative aspects of it and makes us
concentrate on the good things. Internet has been a revolutionary tool that the
whole world uses, which has brought the world to connect.
Visual Vocabulary:
Sheaf:
a bundle of grain stalks laid lengthwise and tied together after reaping
Xeroxed:
A copy producing process
Innocuous:
Not harmful or offensive
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