The Voice Within

Abstract: The Voice Within The ‘loud or quiet’ political behavior shows understanding, and results in true effective thought and change. Friedman stresses the importance of new generation’s knowledge and ability to think for themselves. The new generation’s lack of activism and drive to understand their nation’s struggles and impact on their future justifies Friedman’s metaphor for them as “Generation Q,” the quiet generation. Wallace alludes to the trends of society and social norms dictating society and keeping citizens from expressing their freedom of thought and seeing the flaws of the nation. The exaggerated unconfirmed evidence and overbearing hold of opinions and media blinds the new generation seeing the actual obvious problem at hand and from searching for confirmation, understanding, and overall a solution. To make an argument loud and effective add self to the equation practicing the skill of choice and, as Wallace reiterates, “construct meaning from experience” (Wallace, 16). Wallace’s exaggerations and dramatic language emphasizes the stark contrast between the quiet of “over-intellectualizing" and “getting lost in abstract argument,” verse focusing on the loud concrete thought “what’s going on right in front of me, paying attention to what’s going on inside of me” (16). The act of distinguishing the actual accurate confirmed evidence from the amplified unconfirmed biases shapes ones unique own voice loud and influential. In light of the author’s arguments, the new generation needs to focus on the concept of natural reasoning within their own strands of thought to make the voices within loud and heard.
The Voice Within The new generation, as Friedman states, possesses tendencies of “… less radical and politically engaged than they need to be” (Friedman, 11). What little political knowledge the new generation possesses, society influenced through media evoking confirmation bias. Thus, mass media hooks the new generation interest with the dramatic

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