Connected World Cont...

I can't say whether I liked or disliked the reading Tuesday. This is all so new to me that I don't quite understand it enough to pass judgement. The quote I blogged about earlier this week stood out to me mainly because of the wording...."he (and we) is “Enveloped in the network, [where] I am continually being distracted. [Where] I can no longer concentrate on just one thing at a time.”(7). The idea of being enveloped in something is a powerful image. Shaviro suggested that we are just pons being controlled by our surroundings. He states that we have so much going on around use that we lose sight. Well at least thats how I took it. I guess my opinion is a little biased after reading Watts.