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Obama: Technology becomes 'diversion' rather than 'a tool of empowerment'

05/09/2010 1:53:49 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 53 replies · 1,295+ views
The Hill ^ | 5/9/10 | Bridget Johnson

President Barack Obama cited the influx of new technology as "putting new pressures on our country and on our democracy" in a commencement address to graduates at Virginia's Hampton University on Sunday. "You’re coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don’t rank all that high on the truth meter," Obama said. "With iPods and iPads; Xboxes and PlayStations; information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment. "All of this is not only...

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