Blog #7

Writing that’s based on other people’s work can often be seen as shallow, unoriginal, or unenlightening, but when you bring together the work of several different people who are experts in their respective fields, it can be an intersection of the best knowledge from different fields, and it ends up being a valuable, insightful work that can stand on its own. Without the work of other people, no one would be where they are today. It’s how our society has worked since its inception. I’m literally baffled every time that I look around and try to think about what went into creating every object within 5 feet of me. Literally hundreds of years of innovation went into the most basic parts of our life that often we take for granted. I’m writing this blog post with a rock that humans tricked into thinking. Citing the work that you use in your writing is no more than properly acknowledging the shoulders on which you stand. Proper citation in academic work also allows people to delve deeper into the topic at hand and allow people to gain a more thorough understanding by reading the papers and other content created by previous experts in the field, as well as experts from adjacent fields, so the learner can get a more detailed view of the subject and everything that goes into it.