The Complications Of Technology In The Second Machine Age

This essay will focus on the Compare/ Contrast of Kevin Kelly and Nicholas Carr essays. Both authors are technology, writers. As both authors talks about the future and technology of the world, Carr suggest that we will become lazy due to use of Google and the web and Kelly believes robots will take over present day jobs, Who is right about what going to happen in the future and will technology actually take over.

Technology has developed tremendously over time. People depend on it to help them with many things and when used properly technology is an amazing thing. Citizens in society use technology everyday but most of the time they can get addicted to it which can cause problems. Technology has many benefits and detriments to society, which is shown in the fictional story ¨The Veldt¨ and through new advancements like games that players can control with their minds.

In all three works, there is a focus on showing how technological advancements are making society worse off. This is because these kinds of changes are designed to take away any kind of individual creativity and have everyone conform to different social standards. Where, each one is highlighting these transformations throughout the course of human history.

The movement and innovation towards industry powered by machines is still true in present day. The Culture Epoch Theory therefore creates the constant and necessary arcs of history. History then fluctuates between darker and chaotic periods such as slavery, war and persecution only to emerge and advance due to change and balance. “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:2 English Standard Version). Humanity must then study all three aspects of Culture Epoch Theory in order to better understand ourselves and gain the necessary resiliency to live rather than merely

In this essay Carr explains thoroughly how things have changed over time, he provides examples that directly correlate the transition from modern day society to a time before technology was prominent before today. His noted efforts show the attention to detail he implemented into his writing to ensure it suited his audience and his purpose. The impact of Carr’s essay on readers can be attributed to his use of simple language and vocabulary along with direct and prominent examples. The language and text he used made it easy for a reader to stay tuned for the entire essay and also feel involved in

In “Do Machines Make History” the author looks into the correlation between societal progress and the advance of technology. Specifically the author compares the technology to the type of labor force necessary for its implementation. For example, the hand-mill, and many other medieval era technologies, required skilled craftsman to build. Without those craftsmen, this technology could never have become as efficient or inexpensive as it eventually did. This defies the popular notion that technology is the driving course behind societal change, and rather promotes a view of synergy and interdependence.

Technology has made great advances on a global scale, especially within the last half century. Works of fiction and informational texts have addressed the numerous uses of modern innovation. These technological advances have the potential to make one’s personal life better, but could be detrimental to the world as a whole.

In recent years, the advances in science and technology have spread far beyond our understanding all in attempt to make the Industrial Revolution possible. The Industrial Revolution had sparked in the early ninetieth century. Even though in this time the title of society is not labeled as the Industrial Revolution, not everyone is willing to accept the speed at which these scientific advancements are taking place but also how they are contorting society as a whole. Not only has this science been brought to our attention through the active spread of technology, but also through literature, one example being Frankenstein by Mary Shelley published in 1818. In this novel, the author acknowledges

The Machine Stops by E.M Forster is a story that predicts the downfall of humanity through the development of machinery. It is a story that captures the future and what may the future lead to if humanity relays totally on technology development. A machine that controls everything around human life leaving nothing else to do, anything humans want symbolizes a big role in the inhuman and humanized part. Through these characters the reader could relate to Forster vision and consequences that technology development may lead to in the future.

An argument could easily be made that the modern United States was built for and by the internal combustion engine. The influence of digital technology would be difficult to quantify safe to say that it is both pervasive and fundamental to modern life. Even in 1982, writer James Fallows explained that “I'd sell my computer before I'd sell my children. But the kids better watch their step.” (Fallows) Increasingly, technology is taking on a role which serves not as a tool but an appendage, even a crutch.

The essay “Three Face of Technological Determinism” by Bruce Bimber tackles the meaning of Technological Determinism at a different perspective as he branches off to three interpretations; Normative, Normological, and Unintended Consequences. Normative accounts explains how societies attach cultural and political meaning to technological influences. Bimber’s second interpretation stated on page 83 of the book “Does Technology drive History?” Explains how society has been affected by the way they lived in the past and also how nature plays a role in society, there could not have been another future. The steam mill followed the hand mill not by coincidence but because it was the next step of innovation of nature. The third approach, perhaps

“Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master,” once said the Norwegian historian, teacher, and political scientist, Christian Lous Lange. Through centuries of time, humans have shown a great interest in technology and the sciences behind it. In many ways, the advancements made have been both beneficial and necessary in areas such as medicine and health. Though the usefulness of technology is evident, it is often pondered when the output of technological advancements will travel on until it reaches a point of no return. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, that question is explored until the novel concludes that excessive technological advancement becomes dangerous because people do not know when to bring

He introduces main aspects such as technology in our homes, on the road, at our work, and finally while we are relaxing and playing. Not only has he focused on areas where there is immense time and energy spent, he also illustrates many technologies which are used to better perform the tasks in those areas. For example, he talks about LED technology in the home, machines that can turn plastic instantly into objects of formable shape, self-driving cars, and gaming when he says, “The future of gaming may also include brain-to game interfaces. Similar technology has helped quadriplegics in recent years move a cursor on a computer screen and operate a wheelchair. Now, gaming companies are developing commercial applications that allow user to control a virtual joystick with nothing more than brain power” (Intini, 2007, para. 27). These predictions are very accurate, as in today’s time there are many technologies that are being used daily by individuals which are exactly like he describes or have similar features. For example, these would include, LED colored lights in the homes which can be changed by a person’s voice, 3-D printing which changes plastic into designed items, Tesla’s self-driving cars, and finally the Oculus Rift, which is a first-person point of view gaming device. Therefore, not only are his predictions relevant to the future now, but they are realistic as the research and technology from the past has impacted us in the future and our daily

In the future, we may be able to build a computer that is comparable to the human brain, but not until we truly understand one thing. Lewis Thomas talks about this in his essay, "Computers." He says, "It is in our collective behavior that we are most mysterious. We won't be able to construct machines like ourselves until we've understood this, and we're not even close" (Thomas 473). Thomas wrote this essay in 1974, and although we have made many technological advances

In the history of known humanity, starting from the Stone Age,Technological progress has impacted humans more than anything such as changing from an animal cart to Cab less Motor Vehicles, Hand wheel to Nuclear power plant innovation in virtue to generate electricity, To advanced heating and cooling methodology from conventional wood fire or Stone tools to advance manufacturing tools. There are many more examples of technological evidence in the reference of the Technological growth and the history is the witness of them. With the movement of time, progress has amplified and built its territory. With its bounced important and achievements, progress has improved our lives and opened portals and fashionable streets of possible additional results. Regardless, if in doubt, it must be remarkable speculation, even decades, until the functional dangerous nature of progress is fortunate to be clear.