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

Drifting towards people like ourselves

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

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

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