“Beauty isn’t the problem, it’s how some people are misusing it that’s the problem. And that’s what calli’s good for; it lets you guard against that. I don’t know maybe this wasn’t a problem back in my parent’s day. But it’s something we have to deal with now” (323). This is a quote from the main character Tamera Lyons of the fictional short story Liking What You See: A Documentary by Ted Chiang. In the story calliagnosia is not only a major societal conflict, but also a major political conflict. With everyone considering whether they should have theirs turned on or off they must consider the pros and cons to having calliangnosia. Reading the short story I can see where the conflict has risen and understand both the pros and the cons of having calliagnosia and why the author suggests that it is important to consider each side.
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This is done “by blocking the neural pathways dedicated to evaluating those features” (283). With this new technology being available, people are debating whether or not they should get it, causing a social uproar of people being pro-calliagnosia or anti-calliagnosia. This social uproar brings out the debate of whether beauty should be censored or not.
People that are pro-calliagnosia argue that this “treatment” would protect against lookism; “being prejudice against unattractive people” (282). Maria DeSouza, third year student and president of the students for equality everywhere (SEE) say that “People do it without even being taught by anyone, which is bad enough, but instead of combating this tendency, modern society reinforces it.” Which is true society uses lookism in everyday media to attract the “image-obsessed culture”
This is done “by blocking the neural pathways dedicated to evaluating those features” (283). With this new technology being available, people are debating whether or not they should get it, causing a social uproar of people being pro-calliagnosia or anti-calliagnosia. This social uproar brings out the debate of whether beauty should be censored or not.
People that are pro-calliagnosia argue that this “treatment” would protect against lookism; “being prejudice against unattractive people” (282). Maria DeSouza, third year student and president of the students for equality everywhere (SEE) say that “People do it without even being taught by anyone, which is bad enough, but instead of combating this tendency, modern society reinforces it.” Which is true society uses lookism in everyday media to attract the “image-obsessed culture”