Magic And Loss Video Analysis

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The topic of the book Magic and Loss focuses on the Internet. The positive effect it has on the society, how influential it is, and the exploration and transition it withholds. Internet is a parallel universe that we live in besides earth, and we constantly teleport from one to another. While others argue that the internet, is cruel, ruins your energy, and causes health problems which is partially true, other belief that it is empowering, enlightening, inspiring and a work of art.
My totem is my guitar, its an old wooden colored Fender Star Caster, I have an emotional connection every time I play it, we have long conversations about life, fears and goals. We are both ambitious. Meanwhile other people experience transitions, the author of the book Magic and Loss, Virginia Heffernan has been cast with a new spell called “Web”, with all the content available she was searching for new models of courage, which she has found in Funtwo, she explained “The velocity, intricacy, and exactness of his performance modeled the rhythms and mental requirements of the Web itself”(4). Although she had spent dozens of hours watching the “Guitar” video, the time was not wasted. The video gave her a
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But it also favors integrity, mindfulness, and wise action.”(10) Internet has given hope and freedom to express. Some people who live in restricted countries Internet is the only path they use, for their voices to be heard, it’s simply a tool, which helps the humanity. The earlier generations are adapting to this digital era, the question stands, what are the new skills and methods demanded? Well it’s oblivious that that some of the new skills, are typing “as I practiced the finger work required by me laptop, black berry and eventually Iphone, …where new skills and interpretive methods, many of which didn’t have names yet.”(9) knowing how to operate devices will benefit the

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