In a commencement speech at Virginia's Hampton University, the
president offers that gadgets turn information into a distraction. He
also says he doesn't know how to use an iPod, iPad, Xbox, or PlayStation.
It's hard not to sympathize with his sentiment. Instant access to
instantly concocted information does put additional pressure on
everyone's critical faculties. Yet it also allows people better access
to opposing points of view, to opportunities of verification, to
asking their fellow humans for help and guidance.
Naturally, it's up to humans to choose to use gadgets that way. It's
up to humans to want to be more empowered, more emancipated, more
entertained by the notion of self- and world-betterment.
Originally posted at Technically
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