Feb 04 2008
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My sis, Diana, told me about the site, and it’s been really interresting to eavesdrop on the conversations here. I especially found the MySpace article interresting, and even shed some light on my own experience at 28. i find it much more rewarding to read a book than to spend lots of time online mindlessly surfing facebook with 8 more windows open…. and i didn’t realize that that is because reading a book requires more critical/linear thought. now i get why it’s so much more satisfying to read a book… even though it takes more time, it’s so rewarding when you get to the end! what a mess we’re in if people can’t think criticaly. unfortunately, it seems like even older americans can’t think critically, and don’t arrive at decisions (such as who to vote for) through much of a critical thought process. we (myself included) arrive at opinions based largely on media images and a scattered group of information. pretty messy.
Hey look, Di! It’s Gwen!
Great to see you stop by, Gwen! Come on back!
I agree, I’m often astounded by the incredibly brain-dead conclusions people arrive at because they caught a sound-bite on TV or the Web…the evil one in particular surely must be thrilled to see us getting more and more busy and thinking less and less.
Check out Remonstrance (http://remonstrance.neoxenos.org) where I just blogged about a 3-hour Infomercial on PBS.org (for smart people?) about the great benefits of “Disbelief”… and I’ll bet people ate it up without realizing how staged it was…
Hey Gwen!
Check out my blog too http://diana.neoblogs.org/
Keith:
Ol’ Katey’s been at that sacraficial love thing again - she’s been floating me tidbits from the work you and she are doing with DrA’s material - Very cool! Keep up the good work - Kim and I just got done watching the PBS piece on “Growing Up Online!” Phew — that’ll freak you out as a parent. So your kids are older - what are some of the key principles you’re using as guidelines for them as they navigate the blogosphere?? My oldest is in 7th grade now and being drawn in like a moth to a mercury light. You talked about this Frontline piece a bit but didn’t really include any specific ideas from it.. I’m intrigued. Especially as I lead a Jr High group — Also, Have you given any thought to building a Jr High teaching series out of this material? Could be really helpful. Take care bro - Tim,
Great to hear from you, Tim. My approach is to “compete” with the Kosmos on this online issue. This is why, for example, we have “Basecamp” and some of our other community sites - not that I expect to “bury” Facebook anytime soon, but I’m in their world, I’m articulate, I know what’s going on, and I’m relevant - as much as one might expect at my age.
Parents who’re completely out of touch with the new “online age” are, unfortunately, making themselves & their households vulnerable. “Stay away from it” is a non-answer. People in my church are all over that place, and even my wifey has her own beautiful Facebook page.