Blog #1

The postmodern world, according to Anderson, is a socially constructed world in which we can still have our own belief systems.  "In premodern societies, social constructions of reality took form slowly and invisibly, and the symbolic universes that people wove about themselves seemed to be permanent fixtures of life.  The duty of persons in authority was to maintain the official worldview; that of everybody else, to conform to it." (page 7, FORCED TO BE FREE)  Anderson explains that in premodern societies, beliefs were very strict.  It almost seemed that the concept of premodern society was that not everyone can have the "right" answer.  People's ideas were slowly becoming invisible due to the fact that they were set to follow someone else's beliefs.  Now a day we have technology such as facebook, twitter, tumblr, and other blogging sites that allow you to share your own ideas or "beliefs" without anyone telling you that you can't believe in a certain thing.  Having the technology to share our freedom of speech helps you expand and grow in life.  Back in the old days not being able to rant about important things really blocked the world from opening up and accepting change.