Half-Human, Half-Computer

The advancement of technology has taken away from what makes us human. We no longer think on our own, but instead, put our trust in a machine built to give back answers. In “Hal and Me,” Carr explains the effect technology has on the brain. He feels as if something has been…

Is Technology Good or Bad?

The discussion of whether technology is good or bad in society is still very controversial. Some people believe it is a benefit in society because it makes our daily lives easier. On the other hand, some people may believe that technology can do more harm than good. It could change…

Carr and Thompson Readings

The work by Clive Thompson, “The Rise of the Centaurs”, and the work of Nicholas Carr, “Hal and Me”, each explore the integration of technology into the lives of humans. Thompson uses examples of the combination of chess players and computer programs to show how the advancement in…

Nicholas Carr challenges the idea that the internet has changed the way our brain works and how information is being absorbed. Ideas of focus being diminished after using the net and its instant information to fill our brains is becoming toxic. Carr describes how he used to love getting lost in a book but after using the net and its way of minimizing…

The Good and Bad of Technology in Today’s Modern World

Everybody will agree that technology is widespread in today’s society. The majority of people who possess a piece of technology rely on it for communication, entertainment, and informational purposes. Think about it, when is the last…

Technology Is Taking Over

As a world champion, Garry Kasparov was at a loss for words when IBM’S deep blue supercomputer beat him in a six game chess tournament. After being defeated and feeling unsettled by his loss, Kasparov came up with the idea of combining computers and humans. He felt that a computer…

Scatterbrains and the Internet

Throughout the two stories by Nicholas Carr and Clive Thompson, both authors explain their feelings about technology and the how it effects our daily lives. In Carr’s, “Hal and Me”, the narrator describes how his brain has changed from the rise of technology. He also…

Carr and Thompson Projects

In Hal and Me Carr provides a recount of his past and his relationship with technology. He think technology while having is positive qualities like efficiency, has changed his habits, and essentially the way his brain works. “the more it was fed the hungrier it became” says Carr in…

The Effect of Technology on the Brain

Chris Montuoro

Dr. Andrew Ross

English 110

13 February 2018

In the readings by both Carr and Thompson, there is one main argument, and that is the effect that…

Technology Takeover?

After reading Thompson and Carr’s works, both have a common theme of explaining how technology “took over” and how human beings have always had a fear of such a thing happening. Carr’s uses an interesting way to explain the evolution of technology by using his personal narrative. He tells…

ENGL 110 — Blog #1

Technology is one of many controversial topics of today about whether it is better or worse for our overall intelligence. Clive Thompson wrote about how technology is changing our minds for the better. In his work, he gave examples of technology advances through the game of chess. He begins his…

Technology changing the world for better or for worse?

In the excerpt called Hal and Me, I feel as though the author is conflicted. He’s struggling to get back into one of his favorite old habits, reading, since he can’t concentrate as well anymore. He believes that the internet has…

Text in Own Words

Many writers, young and old, often struggle when it comes to understanding text. Joseph Harris gives exceptional tips and advice in his book “Rewriting: How to Do Things with Texts”. On page twenty-five of the book, Harris gives help on how to translate “text into your own terms”. The author…

Blog 1

“Hal and Me” gives the reader the ides that technology changes the way we see things. The narrator used to love reading, but reading on the computer is not the same as reading the books. A quote that really stood out to me was, “once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy…

The Internet: Helpful or Hurtful

In Nicholas Carr’s short passage, Hal and Me, he discusses the argument that people have become solely dependent on the internet and have allowed it to infiltrate nearly every facet of their everyday lives. This reliance encourages simple tasks that were once preformed…