Technology and media have become part of our day to day lives. How do you feel about this? Is it a positive thing? Negative thing? How would your life be different without technology and media?
Technology is awesome. It allows the instant flow of information over great distances. It makes our lives easier and more productive. Give a person a needle and thread, and he won’t make very many blankets. But teach him how to work a sewing machine, and his productivity skyrockets. Make this whole process automated and have someone supervise the process, and suddenly you have one person cranking out thousands of blankets a day. So I think it is generally a good thing. A few things have me concerned though. First, with people being instantly connected, there is hardly any alone time for self-reflection, and thus people do not know themselves very well. Second, the instantaneousness of modern technology helps create an instant gratification society. Finally, by using technology too much we sometimes lose that human interaction that is essential for our emotional well-being.
Do you think media is biased? How so?
Yes. I think most media is biased towards the left, some more than others, except Fox News and the Washington Times, which are almost ridiculously conservative. I understand that the news is made by people who have their own beliefs and it’s inevitable that there will be a little bias, but I believe it is a journalist's job to try and objectively report the news without bias as much as possible.
Favorite color: Blue (with orange)
Favorite book: "Count of Monte Cristo"
Favorite movie: The Shawshank Redemption
Favorite music: Relient K
Favorite bible verse: Hmmm…this changes a lot but right now I would have to say Romans 8:38-39 “38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
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