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Information Is A Distraction (Rana Sobhany Remix) by Destroy the Silence

As the first tech-savvy President, Obama ruffled a lot of feathers in the technology community during a commencement address at Hamptonn University when he declared the following:

And meanwhile, you’re coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don’t always rank that high on the truth meter. And with iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations — none of which I know how to work — information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation.

(See video here: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-delivers-commencement-speech-hampton-university/story?id=10599101)

I was inspired by President Obama’s comments as well as the backlash in the community to put together a remix of this segment of his speech made entirely on an iPad. While I understand what Obama was trying to say, I vehemently disagree with his delivery.

To me, and to many others in my field, technology has opened countless doors and provided innumerous opportunities to expand my horizons and create something valuable, both in a business sense and in a creative context.