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Koan 2 – Perfection is Normal (B2B, Loc 351, I have a Kindle copy)
I found Koan 2 to be the most striking because of the way that it bluntly points out how when compared to the technological powers of computers it seems that we are the flawed counterparts despite being the living being. The Koan challenged me, and caused doubt in it, because how can it be that a being the inherently commits err (such as in the example of transcribing a book B2B, Loc 351, Ch.1), create another “intelligent” source that is error free. The whole thing sounds like a twisted, modern argument for intelligent design to me. However, when reviewing I found that this doesn’t challenge the way I think as much as I believed. Really looking at it, the computer has become the ultimate tool to prevent human err in the same way that a ruler makes sure we cut the right length of paper or a level makes sure things are, well, level. So looking at the computer as a tool rather than a source of intelligence (which it is but not as humans are) then it makes complete sense that we would be prone to err while a computer is not.

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Marvalas,
I find that report you mentioned to be very interesting, it says a lot that we would liken misplacing our phones to the loss of a love one. I find that part of the problem is the still very new nature of the technology and it’s one that is always changing to keep it feeling new. We want to “play with the newest gadgets and gizmos inherently because in some way shape or form that are amazing to us. However, I like what you did to get over your reliance on the technology and think everyone should make a similar effort.

Tiffany,
Mindfulness is such a buzzword today, I know in the education program you can’t read an article without it being brought up. However, as you pointed out saying and doing are two very different things. It is a hard thing to master, it’s cool that you use yoga as a tool to help aide that mastery.

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After reviewing the readings for this discussion (Intro and Ch.1 of Net Smart) and organizing my thoughts I have found that overall I was very interested in this reading. I especially found the parts about how our attention works to be interesting (mainly through Ch. 1). Specifically I Rheingold’s thoughts on the process off filtering out outside stimuli in order to focus our attention on task (Net Smart, 42). Following the example he gives, the one where we filter noise in a crown in order to listen to an individual I really had to think why it is so hard to do when surfing the web. In the instance in the crowd we react almost automatically while on the web we don’t perform the same skill. There is a strange phenomenon here where we can’t incorporate a basic skill into a, let’s say unnatural, format such as on the web. Overall, I found the beginning of this text to be a very interesting and it really got the ball rolling on thinking about my thought and attention processes when on the web.

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he sent an email out a few minutes ago, it contains the quiz which is due this Friday by 5.

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Hi all, my name is Justin and I am a second year student in the MAC program. I am a graduate student, I graduated from WVU with my BA in English in 2013. I live in town and work for the college as a ticket writer for the parking office. I am engaged and live with my fiance and our pets Oreo and Gizmo. In my free time I like to workout and write.

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Solid reasoning sir. The ability to reason is probably the only thing that will separate us from machine if that day ever comes.

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