When beautiful images from the merchants of consumer dreams flood one’s computer screens, or when the ugly or unpleasant sounds of the world can be shut out by one’s MP3 music player, then one’s vision, one’s perception of reality, one’s desiring can also remain shallow. When one can become “friends” so quickly and so painlessly with mere acquaintances or total strangers on one’s social networks – and if one can so easily “unfriend” another without the hard work of encounter or, if need be, confrontation and then reconciliation – then relationships can also become superficial.” (2)
To epitomize what he is saying, I believe that the globalization of superficiality is the creation of superficial relationships, communication, and reality created by growing technology, a networked globe, and endless opportunities that we have at our …show more content…
Experiences and people change people. To want to gain a depth and change in yourself, you must come in contact with an experience or person that can help you engage in the actuality of one’s world and get below the surface of what we see. And that means traveling to places outside of your perspective, and meeting people with a different viewpoint of the world and reality It is very hard to expand and deepen one 's thought and imagination without allowing you to experience new perspectives. A refreshed and new perspective gained by traveling and studying abroad will allow for that depth of thought and imagination. I cannot expect myself to study more and understand more if I do not go out and find the things that allow me to grow and learn. Going abroad to Greece is an enriching experience in thought and imagination because of its history and culture of philosophy, religion, and invention. Studying the culture and the people will create a greater depth of the mind than the one I have, just having studied in the United