After reading this article, I began to wonder what the future will look like if the continued rise of the dotted line actually does represent EVERYONE. Will we all update our status hourly and claim ourselves to be publish authors? In the literal sense, I guess we are. We write and post, making our thoughts, whether large or small, public knowledge. Will we one day receive an e-mail, a comment on our blog post, or a tweet saying we won the Nobel Prize for literature? Or a Newbery Medal? Will Oprah be texting to ask us to be in her book club?
In a way, the ability we all have to share our thoughts and information with the world is amazing. However, is the accessibility and easiness of doing so, making us stupider? If we find posting our breakfast choice next to articles about world events just as important and common, what does that say about us as intellects? Where will it end?
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