Are we becoming hybrid humans? Clive Thompson’s “Smarter than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better” is a reading about how technology is benefiting humans way of thinking using chess as his primary example. Thompson’s profession as a technology journalist takes the reader into his perspective regarding the evolution of chess when integrated with computers. One of the author’s main points in the reading is how chess players became proficient in the game in a short time frame with the aid of chess software. The author argues that technology, when fused with human intuition, increases human intellectual capacity. The author successfully uses his experience as a technology journalist, citations from experts, and appeals
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Thompson appeals to the readers logic when grandmaster Kasparov stated that “good or bad move is determined by its success not whether someone is using a machine or not” (357). The author also builds his rapport on the topic by stating how chess has evolved by legendary chess player Kasparov “players become more creative and daring” (Thompson 359). By Thompson’s quoting a chess expert, he has confirmed how the game of chess has revolutionized with computers. Thompson shows that through computer-human thinking people became proficient in their chess abilities much quicker than traditional grandmasters …show more content…
When considering new technology integration, the author jumps to the conclusion that people are worried or scared by new technology. This bold statement is trying to get the reader to consider his opinion as fact, but the author does not provide the evidence needed to make his assumption valid. To solve this problem, the author then says people usually get used to the technology and are no longer afraid of it. The author constructs a poorly developed assumption because the statement is a hasty generalization. Not all people fear technology; some technologies could be welcomed for its important contributions. To make this argument's claim reasonable, the author needs to provide historical references for his claim, and then show the outcome of a feared technology that people later learned to
Thompson appeals to the readers logic when grandmaster Kasparov stated that “good or bad move is determined by its success not whether someone is using a machine or not” (357). The author also builds his rapport on the topic by stating how chess has evolved by legendary chess player Kasparov “players become more creative and daring” (Thompson 359). By Thompson’s quoting a chess expert, he has confirmed how the game of chess has revolutionized with computers. Thompson shows that through computer-human thinking people became proficient in their chess abilities much quicker than traditional grandmasters …show more content…
When considering new technology integration, the author jumps to the conclusion that people are worried or scared by new technology. This bold statement is trying to get the reader to consider his opinion as fact, but the author does not provide the evidence needed to make his assumption valid. To solve this problem, the author then says people usually get used to the technology and are no longer afraid of it. The author constructs a poorly developed assumption because the statement is a hasty generalization. Not all people fear technology; some technologies could be welcomed for its important contributions. To make this argument's claim reasonable, the author needs to provide historical references for his claim, and then show the outcome of a feared technology that people later learned to