arguments made for it. “How and Why to Stop Multitasking” by Peter Bregman gives several good points on how quitting multitasking will improve production and quality of life. The other article‚ “In Defense of Multitasking” By David Silverman argues that multitasking is crucial for survival in today’s world. He claims we need multitasking as much as we need air. I found the advice in “How (and Why) to Stop Multitasking” was more useful to me‚ because David Silverman explained how multitasking lowers
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He begins his article by referencing his personal observations of how his own reading habits are changing. He then provides examples from other writers who have noticed the same thing after reading things on daily basis online. Next‚ he provides a study from a University College London which shows people that read online they show more skimming activity than people who are readers. He said‚ “As part of the five-year research program‚ the scholars examined computer logs documenting the behavior of
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10‚ 2012 How It Feels to Be Colored Me‚ by Zora Hurston In the article How It feels to Be Colored Me‚ Zora Hurston describes her experiences being colored. She lived in a prominently colored town in Florida up until she was thirteen and she lived a great life. Everyone knew her; she was “their” Zora. Then‚ her mother passed away and Hurston was shipped off to boarding school. This‚ she said was the first time she became colored. Now‚ when I first read this article I wondered how she could remember
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Brooks’ has some very strong ideas in his piece “How America Got Mean” published in The Atlantic September 2023. Brooks states “We live in a society that’s terrible at moral formation” (para 2). I can agree with him on some facts‚ but others‚ I have a different opinion. While explaining his point of view on modern society‚ Brooks’ gets me to start thinking about who we used to be as a society‚ how traditions have an effect on us and finally when times start to change‚ along with our morals. One of
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in 1970 called the Intellectual Digest and later became the editor for Book Digest. In the book A Call for Revolution: How Washington is Strangling America—And How to Stop It there is a main point that the author Martin L. Gross is trying to get across‚ and it is that Washington really is strangling America. The book gives several examples of this‚ how we can prevent it‚ and how to stop it. In the book Gross claims that if the government put his budget plan to use it
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How could America rebuild itself after the civil war? Post civil war‚ America was bruised and bloodied from the warring factions. Ultimately the Union won‚ but how would it incorporate the defeated South back into the Union? The best strategy that the Northern government could collectively pass was the Reconstruction Plan. The Reconstruction Plan focused on punishing the south by helping freedmen and establishing their (limited) rights‚ preventing confederate soldiers from voting‚ and having almost
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of a single story. It speaks of how people believe one thing that they have heard‚ even though the source of the information is untrustworthy. She mentions how people would question how she spoke English so well if she came from Nigeria. Therefore‚ this shows how people misjudge situations based on a single story since English is a very common language found in Nigeria. David Foster Wallace gave a commencement speech entitled “This Is Water” that speaks out about how people perceive others differently
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The short video‚ “How Movies Teach Manhood”‚ by Colin Stokes explains the complications of showing certain movies to younger children. His perspective elucidates how men are frequently showcased as strong and mighty and expected to defeat the villain. Along with a predictable trophy at the end‚ usually a woman. Stokes blames the movie media for men’s behavior‚ he doesn’t take into account other aspects of the person. My point is there are many movies with negative ideals‚ yet parents should be teaching
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Certainly‚ many believe the Grinch’s heart is identical to mine‚ and when it comes to Christmas‚ we share uniform emotions. However‚ the Grinch and I have unalike reasons for despising the season. As told in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”‚ no one truly knows why the Grinch hates the entire Christmas season‚ but my friends know my reasons for hating the season. Sometimes it’s the stress of gifting‚ the unbearable runny noses‚ or occasionally the useless gifts I try my hardest to be thankful for
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How to Lie with Statistics” by Darrell Huff was a great book to read for a student like myself that is entering a course in statistics. It gave me the insight that I needed to know what statistics is all about and even the ‘tricks’ about using statistics that I can use when I get older and maybe have an important business job for example were I must present for the company and this book proves to be my savior. Though anyway it’s still very influential. This book wasn’t very hard to get through and
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