A couple of things stood out to me from this week’s reading. The most intriguing to me was a comment in the article about staying connected to exes through social media that texts are intimate. Really? Intellectually understand what the author is saying, but I don’t know I agree. According to the “Give it Five Minutes “ article, I am probably typing too soon after reading the ex connection article so maybe by the time class roles around I might think different about it. But, going back to the ex connection article I do wonder if some of the author’s premises are generational. I remember being in an upperclassman in college and the freshman at the time were texting all the time – and I noticed that at first I only texted that generation. While I can overthink, I don’t tend to analyze text communication and its meaning as much as the author, I do often feel like maybe I’m “doing it wrong” when it comes to dating, like there are some unwritten rules that I missed, or may just be too old to have acquired the language without extending heavy time and energy.
The other thing that stood out most to me in this week’s
readings was about the study of what causes addiction. I think it was
interesting that the author mentioned the right-wing view of addiction and the
liberal view of addiction. If the solution to addiction as presented in the
article seems to be decriminalizing drug use and strengthening the relationship
skills of addicts, the pragmatist in me thinks that a larger, societal solution
to the addiction such as what happened in Portugal would never happen because
the two political sides at this time would not be able to come together to try
this solution.
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