This week I wrote my second inquiry essay.
Here is an excerpt:
To Kurzweil, change can only bring about perfection. Toffler however, is strictly against the concept of rapid change: “As we accelerate and introduce arrhythmic patterns into the pace of change, we need to mark off certain regularities for preservation (Toffler 395). Unlike Kuzweil, who is excited for complete and drastic changes to society in the future, Toffler is more of a conservative. The entire concept of the book, the concept of “Future Shock” is one that Toffler wishes to prevent. Future Shock is the theory that Toffler developed about a “sickness” that will take place in the future, unless we stop it. He believes that the rate of change we are experiencing is so drastic and rapid that soon humans will become “overstimulated” and go into a state of shock because of the changes in society and technology.

I'm finding Future Shock interesting. I recently started reading the book, and I can already tell that this prediction of the future is dated. Nonetheless, it is still interesting to read, and gives a great insight into futurists from our past. This week we also watched several scenes from "She's the Man", a movie starring Amanda Bynes that is loosely based off of twelfth night. I could see many similarities between the movie and twelfth night, and enjoyed spotting scenes in the movie that were similar to ones in the play.

We continued reading 12th night!
One of my favorite scenes came up during the reading, where Andrew and Viola are pitted against each other in a duel, and each told that the other is a fearsome opponent. I remember when watching the staged version at the globe, it was hilarious and amazing. I realized I really like the story of twelfth night, but that the prank on Malvolio went a little too far. Yes, he was mean, but he didn't deserve to be destroyed that badly.