<p>Thanks to great advancements in tech, we live today in a world in which knowledge is more readily available to greater numbers of people than ever before in history. Having more and better technology, however, has not made people wiser or more understanding. Indeed, people are so overloaded with information today that they have become less, rather than more, able to make sense of the world around them than our ancestors ever were.</p>
<p>Assignment: Has today's abundance of information only made it more difficult for us to understand the world around us? </p>
<p>Please give me a few examples to support the stand FOR this prompt.
I used the invalid info & contradictory info on Wikipedia as one example.</p>
<p>Thanx in advance :)</p>
<p>Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (if you read this book)
Walden by Henry David Thoreau (again, if you read this book)
It’ll also be nice to add that abundance of information only led to knowing about the world around us, but not knowing the world. The sense of intimacy no longer exist because people don’t actually experience anything personally.</p>
<p>So the two literary examples that you provide are examples of how people in the past interacted with nature and understood/knew the world personally, right?
And then I should contrast it with today’s people who are actually fed with much informational fodder but do not strive to connect with “the world” personally…?
Ok… Both Vonnegut and Thoreau met the world and understood it in a day and age when information was not abundant… </p>
<p>Thanx!</p>