The article "Numbing of the American Mind" by Thomas de Zengotita was an ironicly true statement our society. There is so many problems we face in our world dealing with the war, natural disasters, politics or other serious issues that we are numb to the reactions. Its very true that if we weren't personally affected by something then we have a less of a chance to rememeber that problem. "Numbing" mentions also that we confuse fabrication with reality. What is reallly real on tv? Most "reality" tv shows have some kind of twist and people still want to believe everything they see on tv is true. Things have changed over time that we are just overwhelmed with stuff going on in the media. Zengotita also suggests that we are flooded with information that we really can't retain it all and everything moves so fast around us that we are taken with it. This article in fact hit the nail on the head when it came to thinking about our society as a whole and how it has changed.

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