In the first Chapter I found myself agreeing with the author a lot about his optimism and infatuation with technology. I too have the same curiousness about technology and I could not imagine life without it. Reading through the first chapter, I really like the way the author started off with different instances in his childhood and his outlook of technology. This set me up because in the middle of the chapter he slowly started changing his mind about technology and at then decided to go for the extreme to find answers. I feel technology has been a great benefit to our society as well as creating some strong negative side effects. The younger generations are obsessed with video games and TV. Instead of playing sports, a lot of young kids would rather stay inside and play Halo 3 all day long. Just think about it, we rely on technology on a daily basis. I hate to say it, but I have met a lot of women that couldn’t cook a full course meal to save their lives if it wasn’t for a microwave and pre-cooked food. On the other hand, imagine what would happen if someone were to take away our cell phones. We probably wouldn’t be able to function. Even in manual labor tasks, like in professor Keniston’s case with moving the heavy rocks. I couldn’t imagine not using a backhoe for that work.
The author seems to be driven by the use of technology and human beings. He stated that it wasn’t technology he was after, but the attitude of indiscriminate license, a bias in favor of machines over the interest of human beings. So I guess this is where we are headed, on a mission to reveal the true answer hoping to find it where such things as modern technology do not exist.
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I thought the first chapter was a little hard to follow. I like how you put it that he was all for technology in the begininng and then slowly changed his mind throughout the chapter until the end when he decided to go to the extreme. Also, I resent the fact that you can't find a woman to cook a real meal. I cook a real meal everynight!
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