My First Blog

Hi everybody. This will be my first blog for English 790. It's early in the morning, so I hope I'm coherent.

Reading Humanities 2.0, I found the idea of the new digital economy particularly interesting. This new economy exemplifies the stark contrast between the traditional and digital way of approaching information since the copy is now worth more than the original. Even in a library, one of the easiest places to access information, the original work is worth considerably more than the copy. If the library does have an original print, for example, it will certainly be under a glass case for protection, or it won't even be on display. We receive the copy as a safer alternative to the original print because it is worth far less.

While the copies in the digital economy are more valuable, they also present a different challenge to the pursuit of knowledge. The Bass and Rosenzweig article states that using the internet teaches students a necessary skill: being "critical consumers." Even though finding and accessing copies of information is much easier on the internet, we face the threat of accepting sources that are unreliable, information that is inaccurate. Rather than worrying about the "correct interpretation," we should be concerned with the accuracy of the source itself. Take that, Stephen James Joyce.