In class on Thursday, January 24, 2008, we discussed the book “Holding On To Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium” by Albert Borgmann. The author discussed that there is three types of information; natural, cultural, and technological. Natural information is information about reality and is based on signs which then lead to presence. Cultural information is information that you do not necessarily have to discover for yourself but you can read in a book. While technological information is information as reality. Technological information was compared to a CD, it is not a recipe for performing the score however it is the music itself. The author states that technological information has the possibility to erode natural and cultural information resulting in the unchallenged supremacy of technological information. The author stated that our goal needs to be finding a balance between the three types of information.
I agree that there needs to be a balance between the three types of information. However, I am not as convinced that technological information if left unchecked will erode natural and cultural information. I believe this because even if a person uses technological information to determine a vast degree of information if a person is truly interested in a particular subject they will take the time to learn through natural and cultural information.
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