Are People Better Informed in the Information Society?

Issue 18 - Unit 6

The lifestyle we are living, has changed. Can we say it's for better or for worst, who knows? We move into a media feed society, where technology rules all. Do we have too many choices? Lets go back when people use to ready the morning news paper and take their moment, to begin the day with knowledge, relaxed, breakfast was still the most important meal of the day. That is knowlege, that is an informed society. Years gone by, now the radio feeds us information. We go about our day working and listening to information. But with that how well are we really paying attention to what is being said, will be be able to recall or simply recognize? Travel years later past television, past internet, we reach today. A society where it would be uncommon for at least 90% of the people you interact with have a phone, or some time of information collecting device. Are we still really informed? Yes, but now we select what we want to listen to and what we like. Dictionary.com defines informed as having or prepared with information or knowledge. Therefore we can all be informed, but personally returning back the days were liturature was more informative than internet, we were smarter, our brains needed to containe more informaiont. The fact that we had to reasearch something in a library is being informed. We've beome lazy. Always on the go. Contradictory may seem, not really, we physically are lazy and society has make us honey bees...work work work work....now when do I get to play? Whats is the realy price for being informed as an individual and as a society???