Symone Williams-Yamamoto story 5/ I5

If I'm honest, this story didn't resonate with me as much as the others. I liked how they tied the ideas about living in a simulation and being disconnected from other worlds. Often I feel like I'm in an opposite world than others in  the sense that I have no idea what their experience is line; to further overuse the cliche; I haven't walked in their shoes. There are many people I can relate to in my circle; but being in college puts me in a social bubble where I feel as though my other friends or other people who aren't family are in other worlds. I get so immersed in my work that I don't even realize that I'm isolated from a lot of people.The DU bubble may come from the university being on the smaller side; but I would speculate that a lot of college students can relate.
Social media gives me a glance into these metaphorical worlds. Sometimes I log onto Facebook or Instagram and realize that some of my high school friends are married with children. That is such a different place in life that it does feel like they are in an opposite world. As I'm just finding my independence, some of my rowdiest high school friends are raising kids.
Another thing that this chapter could be compared to is the idea of 1st world vs 3rd world. I've always hated this term because I feel it is pretentious to say that another culture is so distant its a whole other world. This story brought that idea into my head because we have so many concerns within our own culture that we don't realize what is going on in the "other worlds." Most of neglect for the rest of the world is due to reporting bias; but it is up to us to step out of our news bubble and see what is going on. In conclusion, I didn't like this chapter but it provoked some ideas.

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