Douglas Rushkoff discusses many different aspects of how technology is affecting the masses. One instance of this that Rushkoff writes about is how we as internet users must make choices that are right or wrong. With no middle area in choices I feel I agree with Rushkoff to a point. A lot of choices we make on the internet change what we view and how we view it. An example of this is on youtube. When you view a video on youtube in a certain genre youtube picks similar videos as suggestions for you to watch. In a way because you watched that one video youtube automatically decides what other videos you would like.

Rushkoff also writes on how technology users don’t really search for the how it is made but just receive the answer from search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and AOL. Rushkoff explains that with this direct line to infinite answer the adventure of learning is almost lost. I will agree and disagree with Rushkoff on his views. When one looks for an answer to an aspect of life, many times it can lead to the discovery of something else that interests  you. With direct conclusions to our questions we loose the chance we might stumble upon some other information. Although we loose the chance of learning new information in our search of an answer; We save lots of time looking through useless information. With this extra time that search engines give us we can make the choice to do something and learn something great.

Rushkoff believes that if we don’t know how something is made or works we don’t really deserve to use the information and we are using the technology wrong. I must disagree with this because even though I do not understand 0s and 1s in a code I receive so much useful information. In using the internet I shed off all the useless information and receive every answer I need when I need it. Everyone deserves to use the internet and make choices even if they are the wrong ones. What’s better than learning from our mistakes?