Wednesday, February 7, 2007
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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I completely agreed with your review of the article. It's crazy how we can just get over things so quickly and move on. I am personally guilty of doing this. When I get upset about things I try to keep busy all the time so I don't have time to think about it or feel the pain. It is easier to just being doing things all the time with family or friends in order to avoid thinking about the issue all together.
I just made this comment to another post as well. "Moving on" is something that we're good at it in part because we wouldn't survive very long if we were constantly occupied by the problems of the world and didn't attend to our own business as well, but it seems like lately we actually have to spend less time than ever before doing the basic things that keep us alive and healthy, etc, but all that free time is still invested in ourselves, as opposed to the world around us, in whatever form that community might take. That's a huge generalization, I know, but it's one aspect of the article that I think is accurate on some level. See, for example, the book "Bowling Alone" about the loss of social bonds in American society. Anyway, thanks for your perspective on this.
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