Is the growth in technology harming human and their behaviors? John C. Dvorak wrote an article “The Hard Drive and Human Behavior” in 2005 for PC magazine. John C. Dvorak is a broadcaster in the field of technology and computing. He is also an author of book named Dvorak’s Guide to PC Telecommunications. In this article, Dvorak mentions about the relationship between developing technology and human behavior using his personal experiences. Dvorak main purpose is to let readers know that these developing technologies are leading to arisen of laziness and stupidity among the people. Dvorak uses example such as hard drive and TiVo mindset as an evidence to prove his main purpose.
In the second paragraph Dvorak writes about how hard drive is leading to laziness, inactiveness, and disorganized. Dvorak starts with his own experience to let the readers think in the same direction as him. Nowadays, humans do not worry about files or documents taking space in their computers because there is always space for more to save, “It was like moving from a small apartment into 20- bedroom mansion” (87). In the third paragraph, his presents an analogy by comparing the space in the …show more content…
TiVo mindset is encouraging the viewers to not pay close attention and be less alerted along with laziness. With TiVo Mindset, people can stop the TV and replay it anytime they would like. Additionally, Dvorak says “If something happens you can simply go back to watch it in detail, and then fall back into the zombie-like state…” (87) to add his opinion about TiVo Mindset. TiVo Mindset is making viewers less alert and irresponsible because people don’t pay close attention to TV as it can be paused and replayed anytime. At the end, Dvorak adds aracasm to his article by saying “Have a nice day” (87) to make this topic more fun to read and encourages his reader think twice about his position on this
In the second paragraph Dvorak writes about how hard drive is leading to laziness, inactiveness, and disorganized. Dvorak starts with his own experience to let the readers think in the same direction as him. Nowadays, humans do not worry about files or documents taking space in their computers because there is always space for more to save, “It was like moving from a small apartment into 20- bedroom mansion” (87). In the third paragraph, his presents an analogy by comparing the space in the …show more content…
TiVo mindset is encouraging the viewers to not pay close attention and be less alerted along with laziness. With TiVo Mindset, people can stop the TV and replay it anytime they would like. Additionally, Dvorak says “If something happens you can simply go back to watch it in detail, and then fall back into the zombie-like state…” (87) to add his opinion about TiVo Mindset. TiVo Mindset is making viewers less alert and irresponsible because people don’t pay close attention to TV as it can be paused and replayed anytime. At the end, Dvorak adds aracasm to his article by saying “Have a nice day” (87) to make this topic more fun to read and encourages his reader think twice about his position on this