People once thought books weren't good for the brain. If girls read books, the result would be

They'd end up in an insane asylum

Drifting towards people like ourselves

What does Gladstone feel we might be "creeped out" by?

Implanting ourselves with new technology

Neither Gladstone nor Adams provide an explanation for why, but what might we infer?

Things are marketed towards 15 - 35 year olds

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Influencing Machines Game

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A reading comprehension quiz based on Brooke Gladstone's graphic novel

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1
What is our way of "medication against isolation?"
Grand Theft Auto
Cell phone addiction
Doing research
Reading books
2
Gladstone's overall point is
Machines are bad
Technology is good
Soon we'll all be machines
The matrix is real
3
Gladstone cites Douglas Adams, who says things that things invented when we're 15 - 35 are
Destroying society
Exciting and revolutionary
Kind of boring
The most important
4
Who wrote this article?
Brooke Blackstone
Brooke Badstone
Brooke Gladstone
Brooke Greenstone
5
Much like the spread of the zombie virus, a "fact" spreading without dissension is called...
Incestuous Magnification
Infectious Segregation
Infectious Amplification
Incestuous Amplification
6
The tablet with 100 buttons and a million pages says "Don't Panic" because
It's an information overload
The buttons are hard to press
Technology makes people mad
It's actually a bomb
7
People once thought books weren't good for the brain. If girls read books, the result would be
They'd lose all brain function
They'd become violent
They'd end up in an insane asylum
They'd start thinking for themselves
8
What is Homophily?
Drifting towards loved ones
Drifting towards people like ourselves
Drifting towards dudes
Drifting towards people different than ourselves
9
According to Gladstone, Incestuous Amplification is a threat to...
Theocracy
Hypocracy
Bureaucracy
Democracy
10
When was this written?
2001
2012
2010
1999
11
What does Gladstone feel we might be "creeped out" by?
People who still read books
Using social media to stalk people
Implanting ourselves with new technology
The internet turning us into zombies
12
We shouldn't be worry about the internet rotting our brains, because people said the same about
Cars
Electricity
TV
Phones
13
Neither Gladstone nor Adams provide an explanation for why, but what might we infer?
People older than 35 don't matter
Things are marketed towards 15 - 35 year olds
15 - 35 year olds are the only ones who use the internet
People 15 - 35 are the smartest
14
Why does Gladstone say the TV scares have "good data behind them?"
She's giving a confession
She's making a consession
She has a conviction
She's getting a confection
15
"Don't Panic" refers to
A t-shirt slogan
A TV ad campaign
A pop song from the 80s
A tablet welcome screen
16
Klosterman argued that going on the internet daily makes us zombies. Gladstone counters, saying
we're thinking differently
we're thinking like computers
that we're turning into vampires
using the internet prevents zombies
17
Homophily can...
C - Lead to physically borne diseases
A - Reflect our world view
D - A and C
B -Lead to digitally borne diseases

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