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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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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In Response to Andrew Sullivan’s What are Homosexuals For? With the modern world’s hyper-sensitive awareness of race and gender and religion and sexual preferences and politics and‚ well‚ everything‚ making a few misplaced generalizations is inevitable. Although stereotyping can be false and misleading‚ it does not have the same implications that actively discriminating has. “All stereotypes turn out to be true… All those things you fought against as a youth: you begin to realize they’re
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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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In the essay “I Used to Be a Human Being‚” the narrator is facing something we tend to ignore yet has somehow found a way to captivate billions of people worldwide‚ cell phone addiction. I think Andrew Sullivan’s idea of being “alone together” (Sullivan 103) is an interesting term that reflects the way communication and human interaction occur in today’s society. We are so entranced by a small device that we have turned ourselves in obsessive‚ lifeless robots that morph our lives around our Facebook
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Analysis 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
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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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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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ever wondered what Americans would think about freedom today if the Civil War never occurred? The Civil War was a time where the North and South had a conflict with each other for the rights about freedom to slavery. It also brought families having a disagreement whether or not slavery should be allowed. During the time period of the Civil War‚ many stories were written. For example‚ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ An American Slave by Frederick Douglass and “Sullivan Ballou Letter
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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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