Winter 2018
ARTD 252
John Park
Reading Response 2 – Can You Hear Me Now?
Beyond this article, I've seen a TED talk, "Connected, but alone," and the speaker Shirley Turkel states that the more rapid development of science and technology, in fact, partly reflects that technology is guiding the direction of change in our lives, even in our own direction. This phenomenon, in some situations, is supposed to make us aware of it, but in many cases we unconsciously indulge in it.
Are you familiar with the scene: family members sit together and stare on their respective computers and mobile phones but not talking from heart; Friends hang out outside desperately refresh their Facebook, Twitter, WeChat, Weibo (popular Chinese social media platforms)