Sunday, January 30, 2011
Connection: adjacent possibles and the Internet
In class when we were talking about how the Internet was the adjacent possible that made the protests in Egypt more effective, I started thinking. What kind of adjacent possible is the internet to pretty much every teen in the US? I think that it's the best and the worst one out there. There are many teens that use the Internet in a great way. They use it to learn about other cultures and what is happening outside of where they live. They use it to become less ignorant. There are also the teens who abuse the internet as an adjacent possible. They use it to hurt people and glorify their own lives. I think that the Internet can be the best adjacent possible that there ever was. If there was no Internet I wouldn't be able to do this blog post right now. I wouldn't be able to learn about more things than I can think of. The teens who are growing up in the age of the internet are, in my opinion, the luckiest. We have doors open to us that until now have been closed. I think that we should take advantage of this and use it to better our world in te future.
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Steph! I could not agree more that the internet is the best adjacent possible and it create numerous amounts of opportunities for citizens in our culture. Without it, I know we would not be nearly as advanced and intelligent as we are today and I am thankful for that! While surfing the web, I am constantly bombarded with different ads, but prior to humanities I never thought of them as an adjacent possible. Except, after learning about what this actually means it pops into my mind more clearing now. The internet is there for us to learn, it is therefore us to explore all it has to offer and for us to take advantage of the opportunities out there for which we may never encounter in person, but over the internet it seems easy. The adjacent possibilies the internet creates help for individuals to do business overseas, as well as communicate with distant relatives. The internet is a place for one to get their ideas out there, for one to let their mind wonder and for others to respond. It is a beautiful place to be free. I enjoyed your post:)
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