Imagine, what it would be like to be dropped in a hostile unknown territory with only a dagger and compass at hand against an innumerable amount of threats. The dagger being the keyboard and the compass being the mouse. And in order for me to survive, there is only one solution: to adapt. This is analogous to my experience as a child wandering through the treacherous world known as the internet.
Through the advent of new technology, the world is moving and changing faster than ever before, and the internet, for what used to be a narrow niche that only existed to satiate the thirst for the most “tech savvy”, has now broadened its scope to the general eye and become a custom in modern society. When I was first introduced to the computer, it
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Having been exposed to a world of “fake news” and “alternative facts” from an early childhood, I’ve become more cynical of the world around me. Skepticism, in many ways, is vital for a society to function. Skepticism leads to curiosity, curiosity leads to information, and information brings change. Thus, I believe a society without skepticism is a society without innovation. My skepticism is one of the main components that ushered me into a being who has an endless thirst for knowledge. Often times, my skepticism tends to be wrong, but that doesn’t stop the benefit. For instance, 4 years ago, my AP human geography teacher told me bananas were going extinct as a fun fact- I thought that was absurd - like bananas! So I did some research myself and realized he was correct about bananas reaching extinction - to an extent. See, my knowledge on the subject would have stopped there, but now I know it is not really the whole banana family going extinct but rather the one most common to us in America known as the Cavendish banana. I also learned it is due to the lack of genetic diversity of the banana that leaves it susceptible to bacteria. Without skepticism, I would have been ignorant on the subject and took everything he said at face value. This is one of the many examples of how skepticism helped bolster my devotion for