Monday, April 7, 2014

One argument that I felt was particularily interesting had to be Carr's elongated discussion regarding clocks and time, in Chapter 3 (p. 42-44). He mentions that clocks didn't "just become more accurate and more ornate. They got smaller and cheaper." (43). I thought his discussion regarding the development of the clock could be likened to his potential argument regarding the brain and the effects of internet on it. As time goes on, Carr argues, the clocks have become much more easier to read. This is similar to the internet, as Carr seems to believe that just because there is more information out there, and because more information is easily accessible through the internet, it does not necessarily mean that it's good information, nor does it mean that we're advancing forward as a species. If such a simple thing like clocks has to be changed so much for us, yet not for the better, then who indeed is to say that humans aren't doing the same thing? Carr also brings up that "clocks...changed the way we thought," just like most technologies. He also states that "technology changed human will (44)," and these expressions allow us to see where exactly Carr decides to take his argument. In stating this, he brings back the clocks but relates it back to a larger scale, which I believe enhances his argument.

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