Discussion post #12
Joshua C. Cook English 1001 (006)
After the assimilation of Johnson and Grant-Davie’s ideas I see that not much change has accrued in my classmates or my self. The best that can be said of the information given by these two speakers is that it helps us put in perspective the position that we are in as humans that the accumulation of information and knowledge is now so great that the main challenge facing society is how to define it all neatly. The other main issue is what information is worth while in pursuing.
I enjoy a lot of historical setting and am exposed already to the ideas that Johnson presented. In reflection all I can think is that we are very fortunate to live in such a time and place for even the lowest of us in this country haven’t had to face the horrors and suffering of what history inflicted on the ones before us. I believe this suffering is more a driving factor for innovation than the driving effects of coffee.
In conclusion Johnson and Grant-Davie have given use more ways to define words we should already have a grasp of. But with the innovation that plagues western society this knowledge is growing less and less secure, for we are becoming complacent and enthralled by the distractions brought by innovation.
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