hypnosis

Hypnosis was very interesting to learn about especially from Pearce. As he actually dove into the interworkings of hypnosis and says that only about twenty percent of Americans can be hypnotized. I never really paid to mmuch attention to hypnotists becuase i cant be put into a state such as hypnosis. Im not saying it cant be done but i would think humans were just to smart to let someone try and basically "control" you. Because in hypnosis the person that is hypnotized never looses control of their body and mind they can think for themselves in that altered state, but the hypnotized are just more open to sugesstions than they woul dbe if they were in a "normal" state of conciouness. Another theme in the readings i thought was interesting was communication and i dont like the tone Pearce seems to give off that we communicate differently because were so technilogically driven. Pearce makes it sound bad, I believe we huminized communication, yes humans may communicate differently now than we did when technology was not as prevalant but I dont believe communication has changed in a bad way. Humans took the "old ways" of communication and made it our own hence this is why i used the term huminized it. As humans we have not lost nor are we losing our identity, Pearce makes it sound like change is a bad thing, so the human race is making things faster, more reliable, and overall better and Pearce thinks were losing our identity? He reminds the reader the world is full of possibilities and it's not to late, of course its not to late because we as humans have not lost our identity we make our own identity, society doesnt depict that.