Group Project

Through observation of my group, as well as the rest of the class, I have come to the conclusion that Wikipedia is not a valid scholarly source. It does have some strengths and weaknesses such as it is a good source for a quick overview of a subject. However, its weaknesses outweigh it’s strengths in the fact that the sources are faulty or non-existent in some cases. In most cases the sources are not from reputable places, like blogs. I think these strengths and weaknesses are an indicator of how imperfect technology still is. It is evident that people rely heavily on the internet, and in doing so, come to believe a lot of things they see on it. This could potentially affect American culture in the fact that careless mistakes will be made due to such naiveté as trusting everything online. Also people’s reliance on technology will ultimately be their downfall. Technology is the best and worst thing to happen to our culture. It makes things easier, efficient, and in some cases unbelievable, but to trust in something that at times can be so untrustworthy is where we fault. What I will take away from this project is the reinforcement of that fact, as well as being on the defense with research in the future.