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Quote from the Marche article
"We live in an accelerating contradiction: the more connected we become, the lonelier we are. We were promised a global village; instead we inhabit the drab cul-de-sacs and endless freeways of a vast suburb of information."

After reading " Is Facebook making us lonely?" the quote above stuck with me the most. This quote really made me think about how much time we spend on websites, thinking it is making us closer to the people around us when really it is eliminating our ability to communicate with people face to face. It is too easy to just to Facebook message someone you are having conflicts with rather than going up to them and communicating face to face. This quote really makes me question how much time i spend at home on my computer talking to people versus how much time i spend hanging out with those people. 

Quote from the Mathieu article
"As citizens lose some of their traditional power, a new vision of citizenship becomes increasingly relevant."

Right away this quote made me think a lot, it does not really make sense to me. I know that as a citizen of the United States we have certain powers, but we also have certain rules to live by. I don't understand what new vision can become relevant if citizens lose their traditional power. Even though this quote really confused me, it made me think about what would happen if we lost such a small power as citizens, like freedom of speech. These traditional powers are what make us citizens so even losing just one would completely throw off who we are as citizens.