1. I read the Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky, and overall I thought the book was very interesting. Shirky discussed how people use and abuse technology as soon as it comes out whether it be for positive or negative reasons. He talked about how privacy is much harder to keep with this new social media revolution and how people are treated differently because of the new opportunities on the internet. He then goes into how with these new opportunities, people are trying to capitalize and make money off of every opportunity and how this can lead many into some darker places.
2. This book helped me understand more the up and coming importance of the internet and also helped me think about opportunities that this new era brings. It helped me realize that with these new technologies arising, there will be many more opportunities to not only use that technology but to analyze its effects on society and how I can maybe capitalize on those opportunities whether it be with cybersecurity, or something similar. It also helped me realize how this new technology is affecting people physically and how the psychology of that works.
3. If I had to create an exercise based on this book, it would be some sort of mental test to see how social media is affecting the social abilities of our generation. It would be some sort of questionnaire/ interview to determine what social media platform is affecting students feelings the most and how.
4. What I thought was most interesting was the fact that technology seemed to be the focus of
everyone's business nowadays, and that there was little mention of any business being conducted without the use of some new technology. That just made me think about the true importance of technology in today's society, but also made me realize how distant people are becoming in terms of talking face-to-face and how this will affect society down the road.
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Hi John,
ReplyDeleteI also read Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky. I thought the book was very interesting because of how it would compare the world before and after the social media revolution, and how this truly changes everything. It definitely made me feel a little more weary about cyber security and such. But it was still a great read nonetheless.
Nice summary, John. Part of me wishes I had chosen that book as it sounds very interesting. You are correct about people becoming more distant and relying on technology to communicate. I also do not want to participate in your questionnaire since I find myself focused on social media platforms lately and would most likely fail.
ReplyDeleteHey John, great job on this book summary post. I did not read this book but your post gave me a good idea of what it is about. I agree with your statements about people not talking face to face in today's society. I believe that social media is making people more distant from each other, and afraid of human contact. I believe that this is a big problem in today's society, and needs to be fixed as soon as possible.
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