I’d Hammer Out Freedom: Technology as Politics and Culture The evolution of technological innovation has benefited the world dramatically. In Richard Sclove’s article, “I’d Hammer Out Freedom: Technology as Politics and Culture”, he argues that we should do more to understand technology’s influence on society. This paper will analyze Richard Sclove’s context, and reflect on people’s relationship with technology. In conclusion, the context will be reviewed to identify if the development of technology, and how it changes the way someone lives in a positive or negative way. Polypotency Within the reading the term polypotency is used to describe technology’s role(s) within society.
The Conclusion – now that you have an outline, try to restate some of the main parts, and consider the implications of the work you have done Restatement of thesis: In conclusion, technology impacts our life in the social, economic, and personal life since it consists of the imprisonment due to social networks, the censorship due to mass media, the proliferation due to military technology and international trades. Summary of main points/ideas: Questions, applications, implications of argument: The provided arguments state the current situation of the impact of technology nowadays; however, our main concern is its future status. Will it worsen or stay in its status quo? Are people aware of this phenomenon or are they inattentive of its danger? Is there any solution that might reduce or hamper its spread?
They designed for the "up and comers" gives to consumers the impression they could be said up and comers; Under Armour wants to help you on your journey, unlike helping you when you have already crossed the finish line. By using new and upcoming athletes to show off their product, Under Armour gains mass recognition, which results in attracting young and serious athletes. Under Armour continues to make their products relevant by continuously upgrading and using technology to provide its customers with the best sports gear. They also use advantage of social media to stay connected with and provide the public with fast and important information about their products. Under Armour is surprising because they started out as a small company entering an industry dominated by corporate giants like Nike and were able to grow and expand and become a serious industry competitor.
"I'd Hammer Out Freedom: Technology as Politics and Culture" "I'd Hammer Out Freedom: Technology as Politics and Culture" Mike Cummings Grantham University "I'd Hammer Out Freedom: Technology as Politics and Culture" Knowledge and invention or technological innovation has benefited and changed the world dramatically. In Richard Sclove’s article, “I’d Hammer Out Freedom: Technology as Politics and Culture”, he argues that society should do more to understand society’s relationship with technology and the influence technology has on society. The development of technology has had and will continue to have intended and unintended effects in society, it changes the way people live in numerous ways with good and bad consequences. Sclove believes that technology is potent in many ways, or polypotent. As we study history, we can see that Sclove is accurate in his description and that technology can invade society in ways that were never imagined.
The members of Occupy Wall Street need to use powerful methods to get their point across and have a strong material impact. Having a strong material impact will show the government exactly what they want and how they want it done. Fortunately technology is helping them do this. The use of technology helps the movement show the world what OWS is about and what goes on during it. For example tweets, Facebook, MySpace, and Aim help attract other people to the movement.
While Carr’s arguments lead to the viable point that technology is now so deeply riveted into the fabric of our lives that we have lost control over its influence on us, he is not the first to be concerned. According to Carr, Socrates thought very little of the advancement of writing due to the fact that it would force society to forfeit the use of their memory because of the abundance of written material that would then be available. He also believed that people would, without receiving knowledge from credible sources, rely alone on their own interpretation of information and in turn become ignorant. Carr sees Socrates’ way of thinking as “short-sighted,” even though his argument in relationship to the internet mirrors that of Socrates’. Google has “[served] to spread information, spur fresh ideas, and expand human knowledge” today in the same way that the development of writing expanded the mind of an individual in the first century (Carr 8).
Carr thinks that the net makes people dumper because he proved the net makes people scattered and superficial thinkers. I agree with Carr. Until I read this article, I was thinking the internet makes people smarter but the scientific evidence turned my thought. In additional on his thought, I think the net wastes a lot of time of our lives. Carr said that “ People who are continually distracted by emails, alerts and other messages understand less than who are able to concentrate.” (qtd line 9).
Are We the Dumbest Generation? Adults often argue that the intellectual ability of today’s generations has taken a turn for the worst due to the amount of technology they are exposed to as they develop mature ideals. English professor Mark Bauerlein examines in his 2008 book the effects of digital media and how it has caused young people to be more connected and technologically savvy as a result of the wide range of modern inventions, but he also asserts that this has caused them to become less intelligent; therefore, he presents the modern ages as the Dumbest Generation. Young people have a tremendous amount of information available to them due to technology through social networks, the internet, and video games. Many respectable individuals discuss on whether to call the modern generation the “dumbest generation” (Bauerlein) or realizing that they might be participating in an intellectual revolution.
He reveals how new digital technology is unleashing a gush of creative production that will revolutionize our world. Cognitive Surplus explores what's possible when people unite to use their intellect, energy, and time for the greater good. The author argues that instead of internet taking away the ability read it, it’s giving an opportunity to learn more and express more. Although the author does not talk particularly about the effect of brain in his book but he does indirectly convey the message that use of technology will help the world transform in to a better one. Since this is a book and it’s written by a well- known professor at NYU, this source is credible and it serves as a counter argument to my thesis.
How do you think the Internet is affecting intellectual property laws? Technology does make life easy and convenient for ordinary people like me but for those who rely on their intellectual creativity for livelihood it is a threat that needs to be addressed. There are laws that some countries are abiding with that slows down the cloning of original works by imposing penalties, some are steep enough to hurt the infringers but not strong enough to completely halt the practice. People’s promise to abide by the rules and laws is not guaranteed to happen. Intellectual property laws will have to be redesigned or rewritten in order to add some clause that will be able to catch certain technicalities that affects the potency of the existing laws.