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Brainwashed
One of the big things that the article talks about is the concept of the "lizard brain," or the emotions that we feel when we take a risk that we are not used to. As the article puts it, the lizard brain "does not like to be laughed at and it does not like to be out of it's safety zone." What the article means by acknowledging the lizard brain is to understand that we are uncomfortable with risks in our lives and that we still need to try and take those risks. The lizard brain is a metaphor for the insecurities that we feel about our risks and our chances of success and failure, and if we want to make it in the coming age, we have to confront and overcome the fears that we have.
The second layer that I wanted to discuss is the learning layer. The article mentions that while we grew up, we learned only what was needed for the jobs at the time. But now that we have entered into this recession, it becomes vital to those seeking jobs to seek out and learn new information about anything. Jobs today require a versatile knowledge of our surroundings and a creative mind will always benefit from more knowledge.
I do feel that these two layers do tie in well with the way that we set up our blogs. Our blogs are our method of learning and finding out more about our creative side, and the postings generally seem to show a lot of promise with that. One thing to note is that the blog helps us to acknowledge our lizards and to help us overcome them. Likewise, we also learn more by reading the blogs of others. That being said, I do feel that the blog assignments are a little too restricting in terms of what we can write. Some of the assignments have felt like missed opportunities due to some of the restrictions that have been going on. In the future, either in this class or with any future classes, I hope we're allowed a little more freedom in how we write our blogs.
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