Internet and Positive Progress

The internet is a wonderful thing, I use it all the time, hey I'm using it now! Anyways I think that it as a whole has been one of the greatest technological advances the world has ever seen. I have access to things and people around the world, not to mention you can learn anything you want with the click of a mouse. Some may argue that the internet is actually making us more stupid. For example there is an article written by Nicholas Carr, and he claims he is now a worse reader due to the internet; "I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do. I feel as if I'm always dragging my wayward brain back to the text. The deep reading that used to come naturally has become a struggle"(Is Google making us stupid?, Nicholas Carr). I would argue that this whole issue comes with what age you are. Take anyone who has gone through their schooling without the internet. They may be used to looking in books, and doing much more deep reading to accomplish many of the things I can do much faster on the internet. So now they feel it hard to adapt to the new way the world works, being the internet. But me, I am growing up on the internet, I have always got my information from there, and I don't see that ever changing. So sadly I think that too many people are living in the past, and need to jump on the band wagon and stop worrying about the way they read.

The internet has been a great technological progress, it is fast, easy, and might I emphasize again, fast. I think it is necessary in todays world to use the internet, because todays society is fast paced. People want answers, and information quick, and I think that the internet is the perfect provider. So when I way the pros and cons of the internet, and if it is actually progress, I obviously think it has been positive progress. This is because I have grown up on the internet, and I personally don't see it affecting the way I read because I really have never had to "deep read" to get my information. I think as time goes on, the internet will grow larger and larger, and maintain the speed and user friendlyness that is necessary for our fast paced society.

Here is Nicholas Carr's Is Google Making us Stupid
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google

Dependable Declararation

We can derive many of the ideals of the American Revolution from the Declaration of Independence. One of those ideals was that "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"(Declaration of Independence). But I strongly disagree that the constitution fulfilled this ideal of the revolution, and actually in attempt to fulfill this ideal it resulted in betraying other ideals. The way this happened is that under the rule of Britain there were distinct classes, such as the nobility and peasants, and power was distributed unfairly. As we
fought for independence we swore to stray away from this class system and create equality: "all men are created equal". But we think of the word "men" today as entailing all races, religions, and genders, but in the constitution it was only going to protect white men. So in doing this it created classes of different power just as in Britain: white men with full rights and protections of the constitution, blacks in slavery, and women in between. So in the attempt for equality, the constitution actually created vast amounts of inequality, thus betraying an ideal of the revolution. luckily through the power of time came American innovators who saw this gap in power thus ratifying amendments in 1865 to end slavery, and the right for women to vote in 1920. Although they were recognized by the constitution as equal, I can still argue that a sense of inequality still exists today that began with the inconsistency between the equality of the revolution and the constitution. But again time brings progress, and I believe that the election of Obama further shows that now all men are equal. And also women in my eyes are respected as much as men in society and at work. So although the ideal of equality was not fulfilled at the time of the constitution, time has brought progress to in my eyes fulfill that ideal today.

Progress

Progress has been a very prevalent word in this years presidential election. I think that it is great progress that we have elected the first non-white male president of the United States. I think that now other races will feel comfortable that they are represented, and also I think it will be refreshing to the world around us to get Bush out of office. It is amazing to think that only half a century ago, blacks were fighting for equality, and now we have an African American at the highest office in our government. That is progress. I think an important event to mark is Obama's acceptance speech. As we look at pictures we see Unity, Pride, and Joy, because what happened this year was not only progress, but I'd argue one of the greatest moments in our country's struggle with racism. It seems now that everyone can forget the past, for we have made it to the next level. "We did it" many said after the Obama victory, we as an american people accomplished something great. Looking into the future I see nothing but progress, an optimism for the future. For although I know racism is still out there, we as a nation have made a statement through electing Barack Obama, that we are Americans regardless of our skin color, gender, or religion. And that although we are all different, we have an uncanny ability to unify, and I believe that this election has proved that ideal of American life.






(Here we see pictures at Obama rally, and the pictures represent unity, and optimism for the future)

To experience the Joy and Unity of that night at Grant Park click here for Obama's acceptance speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jll5baCAaQU