I thought about this over the weekend because I had no access to any Internet. I had to watch TV news and read newspapers to find out what was going on in the world.
I watched local Las Vegas news, and Meet the Press.
Well, I can tell you that a small plane crashed overshooting the runway in North Las Vegas. People are afraid that they will one day crash into a house because they fly in so low on landing approach.
Mrs. Palin has lots of detractors and also some encouragers. McCain had an exclusive interview Meet the Press. He didn't answer much of the questions tossed at him, and the interviewer didn't follow up too much. I mean kinda phoned it in really. McCain smiled and said she was the best.... blah blah blah blah...
So when I came home, before I turned on the computer, I thought about how I have been manufactured the need to "check in" to social networks and blogs. There isn't much discussion going on in those spaces. It's almost respite from discussion. But then again, where do you discuss something? In real life, you don't discuss things in depth, you give cursory answers of politeness so that maybe they'll stop talking and you can go on your way.
I thought about the manufactured habits article I posted in the Mass Media thread.
I've discovered that I don't want to just have the information presented to me, I need to see the information, discuss the information, alter my perception if needed, and then start the cycle all over again.
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