The three articles assigned for this weeks reading were quite interesting in their own separate ways. Jessica Griggs' article about the five emotions we never knew we had highlights some key points about unnoticed emotions and the roles they have to play in certain aspects of our life. Everything stated in the article was spot on, in terms of the way one feels and how those certain emotions have an effect on relationships, yourself as a person, your performance in the workplace/home etc. I also found it particularly interesting in how I kept reading this article and kept agreeing at every point and thought to myself about the facts written about the unnoticed emotions and they stand very true as I myself ended up thinking about situations in which those emotions have kicked in/played a role in my life.

The other two articles do not so much link to the emotions article yet they in between them selves address a few common issues. The whole evolution of technologies needs to have a starting point and there is intended progress and variation that can be achieved, and I find it interesting in how Arthur contradicts the evolution of technologies to Darwin's theory of evolution. In technology there will always be some progress that is achieved through an analysis of the previous version of something. And this progress keeps manifesting at a rapid rate. These facts about the evolution of technology end up interweaving with the third article that discusses information overload and its disadvantages. So the progression of technology (which is developed through the gain of knowledge) in essence provides a platform for further danger, as the most advanced technology becomes, the more easy it becomes to create disastrous things. It defines a different viewpoint of the flipside of acquiring knowledge. It is a general fact that gaining knowledge is a positive thing, but Paul Parsons' article relates the negative side of too much knowledge. This fact being spoken of is not something I would have personally thought of but Parsons' puts it in perspective.