Bloggers block...

Nothing in this chapter really spoke to me... The chapter was interesting enough - but I'm having troubles finding something that I really want to write about.

Here are a few interesting points:

(1) From the text, "New medical advances reduced the rate of infant mortality, cured hitherto fatal diseases, and prolonged life expectancy."  So far so good.  From that one piece, you'd think that the world is becoming a much better place.  However!  The following sentence tells us that these medical advances played a large part in starting a world war... "As a result, populations in most of Europe soared to record levels, creating food and housing shortages."  Along with these populations came a housing and transportation crisis that "uprooted the lives of many people" and as a result, "daily existence became anonymous and impersonal."

(2) New technological advances


Fun pieces from Stranger than Fiction:

"I don't need a nicotine pack, I smoke cigarettes."

"And then harold saw it, a damaged and terribly mistreated sea-foam green fender staring back at him.  Despite its obvious maladies, the guitar spoke with conviction and swagger.  In fact, it looked harold directly in the eye and very plainly stated, "I rock."

"It came to me... ...well, Penny, like anything worth writing, it came inexplicably and without method."