5. Summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the work assigned. Again, you may use outside sources to illustrate your analysis. You may use short quotes from your sources as needed. AVOID lengthy quotation.
Fluid intelligence doesn’t look much like the capacity to memorize and recite facts, the skills that people have traditionally associated with brainpower. But building it up may improve the capacity to think deeply that Carr and others fear we’re losing for good. And we shouldn’t let the stresses associated with a transition to a new era blind us to that era’s astonishing potential. We swim in an ocean of data, accessible from nearly anywhere, generated by billions of devices. We’re only beginning to explore what we can do with this knowledge-at-a-touch.
However, he had earned over 1,093 U.S. patents (a government authority to sell an invention for a period of time), and simply took a step further with the borrowed ideas, making it possible for the invention to be a success. He had some ideas or inspiration from others, but he worked to make the invention possible. That could be the reason why Thomas Edison had said, “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration”. Now, what inventions would make Thomas elligible for a spot on Mount Rushmore? Well, Thomas Edison had created several machines or inventions, but the ones that have contributed to us the most would most likely be the incandescent lightbulb and electric lighting system, the phonograph, the kinetoscope, and the alkaline battery.
The hallucinations were often connected to some idea or word and they visualised an invention in its precize form even before it was constructed. Tesla studied electrical engineering on the polytechnic in Graz which he didnt finish, afterwards he worked in Budapest and later in Paris and gained a very good recomandation letter to work for Edisons company in New York where he eventually moved to work. Edison offered Tesla 50000d, that would be today ~1mil d due to inflation, if he redesigned and improved Edisons DC motors and generators. Although Tesla did major improvements, after he asked for his reward Edison told him that this offer was only a joke and gave him nothing. At this point Edisons and Teslas pathes divided and later Edison become Teslas major
There is a sense of fear when it comes to certain tasks completed by technology: A fear of being left behind or being considered a social outcast. There is also an instinctive trait in us humans to fear what we do not know. There are those of the previous generations who try their best to keep abreast with current technological advances and then there are those whose fear is so great that they completely shut down the whole concept of trying to learn about technology. Throughout America’s society there have always been technological advances to better the country and the world as a whole, but as time progressed, the ability to adopt and adjust to these changes decreased as people ages increased. It seemed as if the only people who were able to keep up with the rapid change were the youth.
It’s been hard for Native American people as a whole to fight for legislation because we do experience what is referred to as “the digital divide” (“Native Americans”). Unlike so many cultures that are up on technology and innovation and new ways to communicate, we lack in that respect for the most part – hence this handwritten letter, haha. I wonder if that will change, soon, and if that will help our
Gilberto Pena Brent Jackson English 122 19 June 2013 Evaluation Argument Daniel Boorstin in his writing “Technology and Democracy” disputes that the human interest in technological advancement does not always lead to solutions but rather more troubles. As humans our society is always in search of bigger better a newer ways to improve on our standard of living, what we fail to observe is what Boorstin disputes in his article. Boorstin believes that we in fact are actually losing more than we are gaining but fail to recognize the problems that are to be had with new technological advances. As fascinating as Boorstin’s ideas may be suggestive of at first glance, his ideas on technology aren’t all that correct. Yes, we may desire
They can choose to engage in deep thinking activities. Too much of anything is not good for any one, and this also applies to internet usage. Scholars say that the price of technology is alienation and that this indicates that the more distracted an individual becomes, the less able they are to experience human emotions such as empathy and compassion. It is still too early to tell what the results of the future effects of the internet, but as Carr states, “An intellectual technology exerts its influence by shifting the emphasis of our thought. As the brain adapts to the new medium, the most profound changes will take place over several generations’
There are people who say that this generation is the dumbest because of lack of ability to focus for long periods of time. Also people might say that technology is making this generation lazy. Others might believe that this generation isn’t the dumbest. They might think that technology is helping us adapt to the world around them due to the fact that the world is run by technology. Even though this generation might be losing some ability to focus for long periods of time, technology is helping us adapt to the ever-changing world.
As Bill Gates once said, “Patience is a key element of success.” This quote is true. Without patience, Gates would have never created Microsoft. It took Thomas Edison thousands and thousands of tries before he created the light bulb. We would still be using candlelight today, if Thomas Edison would not have had patience for his creation. I am a big dreamer.