I believe that in Anderson’s article In Defence of Distraction,  he is both right and wrong. I agree with the fact he is saying that technology is really taking over our world. I do think that we are 100% addicted and that screens are just like drugs and are addicting but I don’t think that … [Read more…]

In the article In Defence of Distraction by Sam Andreson, talks about the complications of technology on the generations around us. Andreson does a lot of complaining throughout the article saying that technology has decreased the productivity of people during their days. He does all this complaining but then continues to say that we can’t … [Read more…]

Question: What are other ways social cohesion could happen in the world around us?   I believe that there are several ways that social cohesion can happen. Epstein and Hallward talk a lot about conversations and that’s how social cohesion is going to happen on a big scale, I don’t disagree with that, but, I … [Read more…]

In Helen Epstein’s article, she talks about the social cohesion in Africa focusing on AID/HIV. She wants to talk about how popular these diseases are in the country, and how there is not much being done to prevent it. There is not much being down to forcefully push the prevention of this disease from spreading. … [Read more…]

  I most definitely think that art and museums can create social cohesion. Art is so popular and is something that always creates conversations. Art creates questions, causing people to talk to others about it, asking each other how they interpret it. Martha’s goal was to get her story out, she wanted to let people … [Read more…]

Helen Epstein went into great detail about her journeys and what she found along the way. Helen talked a lot about things that I never really knew about. I had no idea that the government did so little to help out and how they took so much from the people. I didn’t know about all … [Read more…]

Anne Hallward talks about shame being in the center of everyone’s problems. Being the reason why people don’t share their stories. Being the reason they are embarrassed and sad. When Anne was talking about how shame makes you feel like your in a closet, that really resonated with me. I can relate to that, I … [Read more…]