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How Brooks Caught My Attention

In the article "Building Attention Span", I believe David Brooks  delivered his thesis statement more throughly than Charles Blow. This being Brooks  delivers his thesis statement better. Brooks has more points proven in his article, such as the difference between fluid and crystalized intelligence, how technology is taking away our attention span, and what solidarity reading and thinking means.
The Author explains that the difference between fluid and crystalized intelligence is "fluid intelligence skills exist in the moment"and over time you have to work to strengthen those skills. Crystalized intelligence is "skills that you gain over time gaining experience knowledge and produces lifelong education that is stored in long-term memory, then is eventually turned into wisdom. "Fluid and crystallized intelligence go hand in hand, you have to gain the fluid intelligence first in order to gain the crystalized intelligence.   

Brooks then explains how technology is taking away our attention span, and we can barely go even a few minutes without some sort of technology. Whether that is seeing, or touching it, if we feel the slightest bit of vibration or noise comes from our phones, we have to check it. Brooks believes that we love technology, and social media so much because its frictionless. We can connect and disconnect with others it's so easy. The Author explains that "being online is like the greatest cocktail party ever, and being offline is like a book club."By using these two analogies one sounds more enjoyable than the other. 

 The author also supports his thesis statement by explaining what solidarity reading and thinking means. Brooks explains that "the slowness of solidarity reading or thinking means you are not as concerned with each individual piece of data. You are more concerned with how the data fits together." With this being said, it ties in with how your attention  span is lowered because you're more worried about about the little things, you're losing time and the amount of attention you use focusing on the little parts rather than the big picture. 



Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 18, 2018 at 1:40 PM

    Haley, Something strange happened in your posting. I'm curious if you could edit your text here so that all your paragraphs appear as formal as you final paragraph. Email me after you've attempted to correct this.

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  2. Chelsey JeanSeptember 25, 2018 at 8:23 AM

    I chose DAVID BROOKS as well I believe his thesis was stronger.

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  3. UnknownSeptember 25, 2018 at 9:36 PM

    I chosed David Brooks as well but I felt like your was more clear

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