Week 10

One problem I've had with Chapter 3 was his "Scrutiny" section for the 8 Net Gen norms. He says that he sent an email to his co-workers saying that Angelina Jolie would be at a private lunch at the office. He says that he received several emails from his younger co-workers saying, "Nice try" and none of them fell for the prank. However, he says that his staff his age fell for it completely. First off, the fact that people our age didn't go to a blatantly obvious trick isn't saying much. Then there's the fact that even the older employees fell for it makes them look really bad and they're the ones conducting all of the studies. I don't know anyone who would fall for that, regardless of age. And to top it all off, the email was sent on April Fool's Day. Seriously??? He says that we have to sort through a lot of spam and phishing attempts and scams and that we have developed the ability to see through lies as a result. People have always needed this skill. They just might not have needed it as often as they do now.