Some say we have become a visual society because we have transformed our way of getting information. No longer do we read books, or speak to one another, but rather we can receive all of the information we need quickly from television and from the Internet. Because we no longer need to invest much energy in finding out that which we want to know, in some ways we have lost the ability to do so. Information must be handed to us because we can no longer reach out and grasp it. In the society we have created, a visual argument has gained much more sway because it communicates quickly. It is the difference between the long list of data and the graph: one has the full story, but it takes much more effort to find it. Our society is not willing to invest that energy, and so sees more value in the graph that gives only a basic understanding, but gives it quickly and attractively. As long as our society limits itself to being fed knowledge visual arguments will always hold great power.
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I understand your point, however i disagree with it. I do not think that we as a society are incapable of finding out information, I simply believe that the time that we are asked to do so comes later in life. Take for instance our calculus class. We are asked to learn most of the information on our own, much like a college class. More and more in society we are asked to learn information later in life. While obviously the internet has had much to do with this, i do not believe it has completely eliminated our ability to do so, i has simply changed it.
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