Thursday, September 8, 2011

Information Obesity

Little kid who took in too much weak information..The food didn't do it to him.


A couple weeks ago our class had to read an article that talked about information as a resource. Before I do any reading, I like to first debate with myself and my other personalities, about what the article would be about just by looking at the name. The article was entitled, as stated earlier, “Information as a Resource”; the subtitle was “Information Obesity.” So I thought to myself, “Self, this article is obviously about information making us full, which is probably a great thing.”  Ya know? Why else would you assign a reading about information? Educators always want their pupils to be very well informed and/or full of info. After I and my wide range of personalities finished deliberating, we dove into the reading. I discovered that I was way off with my assumptions. The article was more about how too much information will make you obese. You can be fat and not be unhealthy, but any time one uses obese, he/she is not meaning it in a good way (same goes with the message being delivered). I agree with the article’s message wholeheartedly. For years, I have been stressing to not listen to everything you hear or take heed to everything that you read. Information, in a sense, can make you DUMB! A few points in the article jumped off the computer screen at me. One key point in the article stated that information was human.  I gave it a confused face (sort of like this o_O). But to be honest, that is a great comparison. Information, like a human, is mental, ambiguous, personal, and subject to personal interpretations. The article started off boring, but it proved to be most informative.



3 comments:

  1. Hahaha-- great caption under the picture! I also like the confused face. Again, great job in conveying your reflections on what you read. Unfortunately, like I warned in class, some of this stuff can be pretty boring! (Getting my degree in this field was the most boring thing I ever did), but, like you said, it is informative, and I hope may be practical in real-life situations.

    You just have some writing revisions:
    Rewrite: "I think to first debate with myself, and my other personalities," to "I like to first debate with myself and other personalities" (replace "think" with "like" and delete the one comma)

    When you're actually stating the title, enclose it in quotes and capitalize the first letters. Also, combine the two sentences with a semi-colon.(The article was entitled, as stated earlier, "Information as a Resource;" the subtitle was "Information Obesity.")

    Replace the "me" with "I" so it reads: "After I and my wide range of personalities finished deliberating,..." (a good trick is to read it as if it just said "After I finished deliberating..." It doesn't sound right if it said "After me finished deliberating...")

    Add an apostrophe to "article's" since it's a possessive. ("I agree with the article's message wholeheartedly.)

    Change "head" with "heed" in "take head (heed) to everything that you read."

    Add some commas, so it reads: "ambiguous, personal, and subject to personal interpretations."

    Good work!

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  2. Great! Just replace the semi-colon with a comma after mental:

    Information, like a human, is mental, ambiguous,...

    Then you're done!

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