Blog Post Week 9

"What the map did for space -- translate a natural phenomenon into an artificial and intellectual conception of that phenomenon -- another technology, the mechanical clock, did for time." (page 41)

This quote does well to prove the point that we as human beings used the technology we make to take control and make reason out of the natural. We give space and direction a visible image as we give a non-visual concept of time a physical form. We give the uncertain and out of our control elements of our life definition in order to feel that we are in control and in many ways to give us uniformity. Imagine how different life would be if we had no concept of time outside of whether the sun was up or not. Hours, minutes, seconds, and so on have become so deeply integrated into the way we go about our everyday lives that without them much of our order and formality would be thrown out the window. How would we know when to be somewhere or how long we had to do something? Scheduled events would crumble. The problem still exists however what Carr wants us to think his stance is on the matter. Is he trying to say that we are over reliant on using technology to solve all our problems and give us order to our chaotic lives or is he saying that advancements such as this has bettered us as society but our use of the internet is going too far. He remains unclear with what he actually wants us to believe and even what he wants us to believe that he believes. I suppose we'll see if he's going anywhere with all this, but right now it seems to me all he's doing is rambling facts.