"Cut, Copy, and Paste" & "Counting Electric Sheep"

Known and Unknowns of Editing and Information

Copy, and Paste came across as an informative read. Never did I realize how 

complicated and tiring our lives would be without this simple yet extremely vital editing functions. The fact that Cut, Copy and Paste function extend beyond mere computer functions broadened my horizon of thinking. In fact this editing triad is so deeply ingrained within us and in the daily activities that we perform, that it seems we would be handicapped without them. The ads that we watch, the movies that we see, the music that we listen to, the day to day behavior that we put across, everything to quite an extent is borrowed from one culture and pasted onto the other. God mastered this editing function so well that we all are merely cut, copy, and pastes with slightly different features, traits and skin colors.

Counting Electric Sheep, on the other hand was a little difficult for me to comprehend because of its intricacies. Firstly, it took me forever to read the entire content, and once I was done reading, all the content that I had absorbed in seemed convoluted in my mind. Nevertheless one more skimming helped me clear things in my head. The basic crux of the whole topic, according to me is the rooted nature of information present in every living and non-living form, and every single activity or function associated with them. The information, in today’s era is closely connected to the electric technology and the electronic media has been extremely well justified. The metaphor (regarding the title) drawn towards the end of the chapter makes complete sense to me.

There are many interesting videos on Youtube which discuss Information on a deeper level. One of the simpler and easy to understand is shared below - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WytNkw1xOIc

Both the chapters have enhanced my vista of knowledge. Ever since I completed reading chapters, I have been able to connect all the day-to-day activities we see and perform to the extremely brilliant content penned by the author.