Summary:

In the article “Enough about You” Brian Williams analyzes the selfishness of the modern era and the dangers it is causing.  Williams goes on to explain how every modern American has to feel special.  Nowadays “everyone gets celebrated” (473) to put an end to cruelties.  Another point Williams made was that people can now have only what they want.  They can listen to any music they want to, they can find television stations that agree with everything they say, and they can find sites on the internet that only show them the things that they want to see.  Williams goes on to warn Americans of the dangers of the new democratic media.  He believes that we will be too busy worrying about ourselves which will cause us to “miss the next great book or the next great idea, or that we fail to meet the next great challenge” (474),  Americans are so worried about themselves that they are going to forget about everything else that makes life truly enjoyable.

Response:

After reading this article, I decided to take a look in the mirror.  I am not a completely selfish person, but Williams’s article made me reconsider my view.  I think it is hilarious that nowadays every little thing someone does is celebrated.  When I was growing up only the best players and the best teams were awarded with a prize.  Everyone else got acknowledged for their hard work, but not everyone deserves a prize.  The only way someone becomes a great player or a great team is through hard work over and over again.  A kid does not deserve to be rewarded just for showing up.  If a kid gets rewarded for every little thing that he or she does they will stop working as hard as they can to achieve something amazing.