Brendan, Bremser
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Gateway Reflection Prompt I: Information Literacy As a writer, I have always been good at examining sources for their credibility. This is a skill I began to develop in high school and have only improved since then. Being able to search the internet and find sources which can directly relate to a paper topic is not extremely hard; however, finding resources of specific identities, such as academic journals or magazines has been difficult at times. For example, for my final paper I struggled to find an academic journal which was specific enough to support my argument presented in the paper. My argument had to do with the forewarning of technological advancements causing chaos in society. While there are plenty of …show more content…
While reading Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein, I developed a better understanding of futuristic struggles and possibilities our society could face. The short stories were not predictions of the future but more a development of possibilities in the future. With how quickly technology is currently advancing in our current society, my only concern is usually how quickly I can get my hands on these new features. While reading the story, I realized that there are a lot of sacrifices our society is making as our technology is developing faster and faster. My current emotional reality has been greatly altered, and I am much more aware of the downsides of futuristic technologies. Weinstein does a great job of covering different angles in different stories. For example, in Ice Age the society lacked technologies and could greatly benefit from tools and technological tools. However, in other stories such as Openness, everyone has technology which stores every memory and thought in public and private layers. Ultimately, after reading Children of the New World I was surprised at the cautionary approach Weinstein took when analyzing futuristic technologies in many of his stories, while Weinstein also made sure to emphasize the important role of these
LCS121-AE
Gateway Reflection Prompt I: Information Literacy As a writer, I have always been good at examining sources for their credibility. This is a skill I began to develop in high school and have only improved since then. Being able to search the internet and find sources which can directly relate to a paper topic is not extremely hard; however, finding resources of specific identities, such as academic journals or magazines has been difficult at times. For example, for my final paper I struggled to find an academic journal which was specific enough to support my argument presented in the paper. My argument had to do with the forewarning of technological advancements causing chaos in society. While there are plenty of …show more content…
While reading Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein, I developed a better understanding of futuristic struggles and possibilities our society could face. The short stories were not predictions of the future but more a development of possibilities in the future. With how quickly technology is currently advancing in our current society, my only concern is usually how quickly I can get my hands on these new features. While reading the story, I realized that there are a lot of sacrifices our society is making as our technology is developing faster and faster. My current emotional reality has been greatly altered, and I am much more aware of the downsides of futuristic technologies. Weinstein does a great job of covering different angles in different stories. For example, in Ice Age the society lacked technologies and could greatly benefit from tools and technological tools. However, in other stories such as Openness, everyone has technology which stores every memory and thought in public and private layers. Ultimately, after reading Children of the New World I was surprised at the cautionary approach Weinstein took when analyzing futuristic technologies in many of his stories, while Weinstein also made sure to emphasize the important role of these