When I first came across this quote, I realized how true it was, and how much our society has advanced through the use of technology. Modern technology and media has now become a necessity to stay connected with what is going on in the world and people in our own lives too. #beingmassaged

#beingmassaged main takeaway is we are trying to build ourselves with society, but will always be heavily influence by the mass media around us, causing us to adapt

#beingmassaged The statement that "television demands participation and involvement" heavily reminds me of watching Dora as a kid; she's constantly asking the audience questions, which requires them to give the screen their full attention

#beingmassaged I think this page is super clever, making the point that sound envelopes us and come from any direction, while having an illustrated sound effect take up most of the page

#beingmassaged Instruction to discovery; from experience, students are able to learn more when they are more fully immersed into the classroom, not just visually learning but actively participating

#beingmassaged The professional, the amateur, "the expert stays put" all super interesting concepts and a good point to make that in today's and older societies, knowing everything and following by the book won't always lead to success

#beingmassaged the idea that one needs to be "antisocial" in order to correctly observe a new and improved environment is certainly juxtaposing; rather than immerse yourself in the society, it could be more effective to sit back and watch

#beingmassaged there are conflicting ideas throughout this entire book tho, like my last post many older structures will deem to not be used anymore, but everything in the new society is still building off of old ideals

#beingmassaged I think the idea that many old cities, old ideas from past society, will now stand still in a museum-like state; overtime these things that used to essential will not need to be used

#beingmassaged I think this illustration is a good example of the "public" that print technology created, where everyone has their own, fixed point of view

#beingmassaged the idea of instant communication made me better understand the different from old ways to how things have changed now: back then they could build things step by step, going through meanings, but now with faster communication there has to be an aspect of our own, quick ideas

#beingmassaged I think the idea that the primitive artist is completely different from the Western ideals, because in the primitive it is encouraged to think outside of the painting, while in old Western art, its based off of simply what is known

#beingmassaged the visual effects really add to the complexity of this text. This page specifically shows the point that you can't just read or simply observe something to understand the point, you have to completely take it apart and put it back together

#beingmassaged "Printing, a ditto device"; I think that's a clever way to make the fact clear that printing and copying allowed people to share thoughts with each other, influence eachother

#beingmassaged I think this quote it important. We cannot control the way our body learns or adapts to the modern society today. We have to let that be natural so we can also move forward. We can't stay behind.

#beingmassaged I find this statement chilling. everyone knows everything about culture, society, social class these days that it no longer stays, everything is always out there

#beingmassaged most recent circuit that people are worried will take over all human jobs being AI and Chatbots, its like the modern concern of newspapers going online

#beingmassaged The point of "your education" where there is the point that childhood today is vastly different from how it used to be, tying in the fact that children can't just learn from fact anymore (ties to beginning of the text when the most important thing a child could learn is the alphabet)

#beingmassaged I thought this page was very confusing, but also interesting to read, and I think the big spiral next to the text adds to the effect of the reading being all over the place. Is this intentional?

#beingmassaged I like the term "Age of Anxiety" coined on page 9, making the message clear that the since the environment changes around us periodically, generation to generation, so do our tools to learn like new technology