CMN 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Consumerism, Bill Mckibben, Joseph Goebbels
29 Mar 2017
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The mental environment: where our fate as humans will be decided. The mental environment is something that has been shaped by culture. Our minds is an instrument that calculates, stores ideas, images . Unlike the natural environment filled with trees and nature, our minds are more like that of central park in ny, an area that reflects human idea. We influence each other and vice versa. Our minds are being polluted by a mass of advertising. A little bit of it is alright but a lot is excessive. Like co2, a little won"t kill you but a huge does and you"re six feet under. Our generation is the first to have mediated information rather than direct. We understand a lot of our info by watching tv or other screens. Less about contact with people and nature. Our mental environment is plagued by a huge sense of me-ness, a narcissistic culture; self- absorption.
