Andrew Lam's Article 'I Tweet, Therefore I Am'

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In the Article ‘’ I tweet, Therefore I am’’ by Andrew Lam, the main idea is how technology has changed our lives and now we can’t live without it. Andrew Lam states that ‘’As humans, we are beginning to believe that we do not fully exist some sort of electronic imprint in the virtual world, a digital projection of ourselves.’’ Which means, humans are depending on Technology, no matter where we are or what is happening. Cellphones have their own time to be used, but now it doesn’t matter what is going on. The respect of certain things is gone. ‘’The earthquake in Sichuan, China in 2008 was made more dramatic because a high school student ran down the stairs of a collapsing building while recording everything on his cell phone.’’ Lam. It is

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