Andrew Sullivan’s Ipod World: The End of Society? Many people believe that in today’s society‚ a vast majority of the population is being consumed by technology. Andrew Sullivan‚ author of “Ipod World: The End of Society”‚ states that people of today are isolating themselves from the surrounding world‚ witting out socialization and ultimately dancing to their own beat. In his essay‚ Andrew Sullivan discusses both the positive and the negative aspects of owning an Ipod in today’s society. Andrew
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iWorld From boomboxes to walkmans to iPods. 4/3/2010 Tonya Gordon “iWorld” Columnist Andrew Sullivan commented on what he feels our society has become due to technological advancements. According to Andrew he characterizes our society as “dead”. He made this claim in his article‚ "Society is Dead‚ We Have Retreated into the iWorld". There was a time when technology was a limited industry with limited features. Currently‚ technology is a booming industry with vast number of features:
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Lisa Wilson Strick’s article “What’s So Bad about Being So-So?” states that‚ in today’s society‚ people are too serious to the point that no one does things just for fun‚ but only for competition. There are children who are acting like grown adults instead of children because they are so stressed out about being the best in everything that they do. Friendships are being ruined because no one is safe from today’s competitive edge. Strick’s article tries to instill the thought that we need to go back
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gay marriage In the article “For Gay Marriage” Andrew Sullivan argues that marriage should be available to any two citizens‚ which includes homosexuals. He defines marriage as “an emotion‚ financial‚ and psychological bond” between two individuals. Even thou most people define marriage between man and woman‚ he says it’s okay if the marriage couples are both man or woman as long as they have the “emotion‚ financial‚ and psychological bond”. Andrew stated the fact that a marriage license is not granted
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Have you ever tried to be so perfect at something and it ended up going all wrong? I have. In the essay “So What’s So Bad About Being So-So?” by Lisa Wilson Strick (205-207) she makes the point that being perfect doesn’t always turn out the way you hope. I completely concur with her. Perfection can often be a wonderful thing‚ but for me‚ perfection caused me to have a very low confidence and so it became a vice in my life. Rather then being myself‚ I was too concerned about trying to be like everyone
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In an excerpt of “Why I Blog” by Andrew Sullivan which he wrote for the Atlantic Magazine‚ Andrew goes through many examples about why blogging is so unique. One point he hits most often is the blogging atmosphere‚ which is very different than traditional articles that you find in magazines and newspapers. For one‚ blogs are usually written in real time‚ meaning that the author responded to something without going through several drafts. He gives an example‚ on 9/11 he responded as he watched the
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of Here Comes the Groom A lot of time is spent attempting to decide the legal definition of a domestic partnership. What is the definition of a loving‚ committed relationship and what is achieved by preventing non-traditional relationships from receiving legal rights? In the article “Here Comes the Groom: A Conservative Case for Gay Marriage‚” Andrew Sullivan attempts to answer this question and makes a reasonable argument for promoting the legalization of gay marriage. This article was
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the article‚ "What Teachers Hate about Parents‚" Nancy Gibbs states‚ "But if parents are searching for the perfect teacher‚ teachers are looking for the ideal parent‚ a partner but not a pest‚ engaged but not obsessed‚ with a sense of perspective and patience." I agree with this statement completely. I think parent-teacher partnership is a very big key in the success of children. This article talks about parents wanting their children to have the best of the best‚ but is it really what is for the
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Facts about Social Media In “An Argument Against Social Media‚” by Andrew Sullivan of the New York Times confirms many reason why he’s against social media. Many people are spending too much time on social sites and not paying attention to what’s going on around them. For up dating their post‚ checking for messages and scrolling down attaining information that’s really not needed to know. Tweeting is not a full time job and it takes away from that real life human connection with others.
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honesty‚ the ideas outlined in “I used to be a human being” by Andrew Sullivan are not anything that I recognize to be particularly unique or revelatory. Especially as a young adult‚ the idea of social media addiction is something that I have been consciously aware of since the obsessive use of the internet became an augmented reality within my generation. Something that I did find interesting though were the extreme lengths Sullivan needed to go to in order to rid himself of technology addition
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