Writing Resources
The Damage of the iWorld Andrew Sullivan the author of Society is dead we have retreated into the iWorld is an Oxford graduate who received his PhD from Harvard Sullivan a contributing editor at New York magazine a blogger and an author has written extensively on a wide range of topics including the Iraq and Afghanistan wars civil liberties the legalization of marijuana human rights and the future of the media Andrew Sullivan was named Editor of the year by Adweek and has received multiple National Magazine Awards Andrew Sullivan In his essay Society is dead Sullivan shows how interpersonal social interactions have banished in the presence of technology Although Andrew Sullivan is admittedly a member of the iWorld he still sees the fault in our disconnection from society since the unveiling of the first iPod in 2001 In Society is dead we have retreated into the iWorld Andrew Sullivan explains that he noticed something extremely bothersome during his trip to New York Sullivan described how everyone had little white wires hanging out of their ears and how their eyes were catatonic Everyone was oblivious to the world around them as they existed in their own musical bliss One interesting point noted by Sullivan is the peculiarity of the silence while being surrounded by so many people
