首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Smart phones and iPads, Twitter and Tumbler—such things have vastly increased the speed and reach of communications. Almost as s
Smart phones and iPads, Twitter and Tumbler—such things have vastly increased the speed and reach of communications. Almost as s
admin
2014-09-09
44
问题
Smart phones and iPads, Twitter and Tumbler—such things have vastly increased the speed and reach of communications. Almost as soon as a thought enters your mind, you can send it everywhere. That ability can be hugely beneficial—but also harmful, particularly in politics. Twitter-like thinking—the kind that relies on quick intuition and impulse—can work well when we’ re playing sports, for instance. Athletes develop a sense of when they can score a goal or steal third base without doing cost-benefit analyses. Public life is different. Impulse reacting draws on stereotypes and mental shortcuts that can mislead us when we apply them to political questions. It is better to engage a more deliberative and reasoned approach, thinking things through and seeking additional information.
Reflex vs reflection For instance, picture Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announcing another effort to inject money into the economy. Reasoned thinking may tell us to study the effects of previous efforts. Twitter-think may tell us automatically to accept or reject whatever the Fed chairman says, whatever the quality of his argument. Or it may just tell us never to trust a guy with a beard.
Despite its obvious defects, impulse thinking often prevails in the new world of instant communications. Believing that faster is better, journalists and political figures feel constant pressure to express themselves on anything and everything at the speed of a mouse click. The resulting commentary is long on reflex and short on reflection.
A shrill feedback cycle is at work: Hasty reactions to hasty reactions to hasty reactions. Without clearance from the State Department, a diplomat in Egypt rushes to tweet about an anti-Islam YouTube video. The Romney campaign rushes to attack the tweet. The Obama campaign rushes to criticize the Romney attack. Journalists rush to weigh the political consequences of the campaign exchange. For days, meanwhile, serious questions about terrorism and embassy security get too little attention.
Political polarization heats up when discourse moves faster than the speed of rational thought. Given a chance to consider an issue carefully, people may see the strengths and weaknesses of each side. But when they respond immediately, they will cheer for the home team and boo the opposition. This tendency is especially strong during the "live-blogging" of a speech or debate. We will often read "Wow!" "Yea!" "LOL!" or "Unbelievable!" We will seldom see a commentator saying, "Gee, I wonder what will be said next. Let’s all sleep on it. " A recent Gallup survey shows that distrust of the mass media is at a record high. Polarization is one reason, since conservatives and liberals both perceive media bias that favors the other side, and they point to it.
Mainstream media misses Moreover, people of all persuasions know that the mainstream press is not as thorough or thoughtful as it used to be. Reporters are reacting to what they see online, then posting their own stuff in hopes of keeping up. As Jay Root writes in his wonderful new book on the Rick Perry campaign, "We’re not so much reporting the news as blurting it. " Even basic factual accuracy can suffer. Racing for a scoop this summer, CNN and Fox News initially—and falsely—reported that the Supreme Court had struck down the comprehensive health care law.
Of course, the Internet also brings huge benefits. It is now possible to access more kinds of information than ever before in history. But most people have neither the time nor the know-how to sort through the countless government documents and scholarly studies available online. They have to rely on public figures and news organizations that are the objects of distrust or partisan scorn. As columnist and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan has written, "Someday we’ll be told something true that we need to know and we won’t believe that either. "
Remember the Founding Fathers Long before anyone could have imagined the technological marvels that we carry in our pockets, the Founders understood the risk of hasty judgment. In "Federalist No. 71", Alexander Hamilton wrote: "When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed to be the guardians of those interests, to withstand the temporary delusion, in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection. " The moral is that public figures, reporters, and commentators of all kinds should take a breath and think before they post.
Slow down, because speed kills.
According to the passage, twitter-like thinking______.
选项
A、is only useful in sports playing
B、is based on deliberate and rational thought
C、can be harmful in public life
D、should never be relied on
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/5SCYFFFM
本试题收录于:
NAETI高级口译笔试题库外语翻译证书(NAETI)分类
0
NAETI高级口译笔试
外语翻译证书(NAETI)
相关试题推荐
OurGlobalVillageScienceandtechnologyhasturnedourworldintoaglobalvillage.Theterm—globalvillage—wascoinedby
Modernindustrialsocietygrantslittlestatustooldpeople.Infact,suchasocietyhasasystemofbuilt-inobsolescence.The
Theincidenceofthisdiseasehasbeengreatlyreducedthankstoourhealthcareprogram.
VisitorstoBritainmayfindthebestplacetosamplelocalcultureisinatraditionalpub.Butthesefriendlyhostelriescanb
Modernindustrialsocietygrantslittlestatustooldpeople.Infact,suchasocietyhasasystemofbuilt-inobsolescence.The
OtherEuropeansseizeforsuchexamplestojumptotheoppositeconclusion.
DoctorGrayconcededthatforascholartoquestionglobalwarmingcanputhisnextfederalgrantin________peril.
主席先生,女士们、先生们:目前,国际形势正处于深刻变化之中。和平与发展仍然是当今时代的主题,总体和平的国际环境为世界经济发展提供了有利条件;科技进步日新月异并孕育着新的重大突破,前所未有地提高了人类认识、把握宏观和微观世界的能力,展现了新的发展
A、Aquartertofive.B、Aquarterpastfive.C、Aquartertosix.D、Aquarterpastsix.A
A、Morethantwobillion.B、Morethanthreebillion.C、MorethanFourbillion.D、MorethanSixbillion.C
随机试题
Mountingevidenceshowsthatbehavioral-activation(BA)therapyisjustaseffectiveascognitive-behavioraltherapy(CBT)i
鼻源性眼部并发症的解剖因素不包括
枕骨大孔疝常见病因是
仓单的主要内容有()。
测量与调整传动轴、泵轴摆度,目的是使机组轴线各部位的最大摆度在规定的允许范嗣内。求出全摆度值是将同一部位上互成()的各点读数相减。
城市地下交通工程包括()的建设与维修工程。
戊公司只生产销售甲产品,该产品全年产销量一致。2013年固定成本总额为4800万元,该产品生产资料如表2所示:经过公司管理层讨论,公司2014年目标利润总额为600万元(不考虑所得税)。假设甲产品单价和成本性态不变。为了实现利润目标,根据销售预测,对
像昆虫叮咬能引起瘙痒一样,皮肤与植物的毒素接触也能引起瘙痒,对栎叶漆树引起的瘙痒研究发现,当与植物的毒素接触后,皮肤细胞会释放出引起红肿和发痒组胺,因此利用苯海拉明等抗组胺药物能治疗这类瘙痒,但还没有适合的药物来治疗特异反应性湿疹等引起的瘙痒,对于后者,最
霸王条款。就是一一些经营者单方面制定的逃避法定义务、减免自身责任的不平等格式合同、通知、声明和店堂告示或者行业惯例等,限制消费者权利,严重侵害群众利益。根据上述定义,下列选项不属于霸王条款的是()。
Consumers________thecompetitiveresultofyourspecialopponentbutnotyourproduct,becauseitishardtoknowyourproduct’s
最新回复
(
0
)