Sunday, November 2, 2008

Lessig vs Keen or just meta-cognition

Upon reading the link I can understand Lessig argument that what Keen is doing is simply writing a book to prove not only is the internet like this but I myself just fooled you because I published a book with flaws. I believe Lessig would like us to use Meta-cognition or something along those lines. Interestingly enough when I was reading online I saw and understood Lessig argument and could easily see it to be true, or not true. We can’t believe everything we read, see, hear, or are told. We must think for ourselves and apply what we know to judge all incoming information. My psychology 385 (health) professor stresses the meta-cognition idea. I must say I agree with that professor as well as Lessig in the sense there is another way to think about this book, it may not be right but it does exist. I think that Lessig’s counterpoints make logical sense. After all one does have a right to claim they were misquoted or misinterpreted. However I have not found either to be more convincing. I think each of them has valid arguments and each are more convincing in different areas. I prefer to go on thinking about my thinking about what I think about Lessig and Keen.

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