Instruction
1) Action: Isolate a single public moment or media activity in your day that measures no more than a minute (walking into work, waiting in line for food or groceries, exercising at the gym, sitting on the bus, playing a location-based augmented reality game, walking your dog in the park, etc.). Describe as many sensory and cognitive details as you experience and can imagine (use Sedaris for inspiration). Since this is an imaginative writing activity, you may also imagine the thoughts and feelings of other people imagined or present in this public moment.
2) Reflection: Reflect on the complexity of that public moment in terms of deep data about the experience. Compare the surface elements of your life (that can be measured by data trackers or receipts or other data trails) to the deep elements of your inner life and sensory life (that are much more difficult to capture). How might these two types of data work together? What are the affordances and limitations of each type?
3) Connection to course reading: Connect your thoughts and conclusions meaningfully and thoroughly to at least TWO of the assigned readings for this week: Sedaris, Rushkoff, Schüll, Eagleman, Eveleth, and Rabin. Make sure to cite specific page references to the authors you select. Your engagement should be comprehensive and leave zero doubt you spent time slowly, carefully, and closely reading the assigned authors this week.