This post is a continuation of our series based on a TED talk delivered MIT professor Dr. Sherry Turkle that was posted on Scott Elliot’s blog, Resurrected Living. For the full video, go here.
In my previous post, Turkle talked about the Goldilocks version of friendship. Here she is exploring this a bit more:
For me, the most striking part of this section is the idea of technology giving us the illusion of companionship without the work of friendship.
This post is a continuation of our series based on a TED talk delivered MIT professor Dr. Sherry Turkle that was posted on Scott Elliot’s blog, Resurrected Living. For the full video, go here.
Today Dr. Turkle talks about the effect technology has on our creativity:
The creative process is fascinating to me. While I am not the most creative person in the world, I enjoy the process of creating, and always have deep respect for people who create things I could not imagine.
As we wrap up our introductory weeks on the blog, we want to take one last look at margins. Here’s our picture for this week:
Technically, we have put a margin on this page, but the question is: does it help make more sense of the page? Of course not. In fact, it actually makes it even more difficult to understand.
Last week, I showed a picture of a document without margins. I want you to look at the same document with margins.
Changes everything doesn’t it? Now what was once jumbled words with no real value, becomes a very meaningful and engaging page.
That is what margins do.
They take chaos and give it order.
They bring purpose to what seems like it has no purpose.
We began this blog talking about community, depth and technology. And if you’re like me, you may be at the point where you are asking the question, “So what?” So let me give you an example of how all of this affects my life day-in and day-out.
A few weeks ago, I had one of those days where I felt like I was pulled in all sorts of different directions.
As Allen mentioned Tuesday, one of the main influences behind this blog has been the book Flickering Pixels by Shane Hipps. I remember when I first read this book, I was particularly struck by the effects of television on children. Shane talks about how the simple act of watching television, no matter the content, re-patterns the brain. And it re-patterns it in a way that is opposed to reading, writing, and sustained concentration.
I currently have the following phrase stuck in my head: “Kiss me…K..k..k..kiss me”. It’s horrifying. For many reasons.
So let me to take a moment to tell you why I can’t stand Katy Perry.
First of all, she tries really hard to have this “bad girl” kind of image, and I just don’t buy it. Anytime she tries to be hard core it looks fake to me.
