I saw this at a presentation over the summer at Manassas. Despite the self-congratulatory tone of the piece, it makes some interesting observations about the impact of social media.
"Humanity's getting its metamorphic kicks elsewhere these days. When you can watch the alchemy that turns morons into millionaires and gimps into global icons, where the thrill in men who turn into wolves?"
In my persuasive writing class, we’re talking this week about cognitive shortcuts: persuasive techniques intended to circumvent the decision-making process by relying on such things as peer pressure, authority, likability, etc
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Since moving into my own place at the end of last year, I have been living in a self-imposed news exile. I have almost no idea about what's going on in the world
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