Summary Of WALL-E On The Problem Of Technology

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Mattie, Sean. "WALL·E On The Problem Of Technology." Perspectives On Political Science 43.1 (2014): 12-20. Academic Search Complete. Web. 2 Nov. 2016. “WALL-E On The Problem Of Technology” explains how technology become a problem to the humans in the movie. The technology become to advanced for the human beings and this results in everything happening through technology. The humans cant even walk because they are lazy. Sean Matte explains in the article that this technology is way to advanced for mankind. He also explains what is the technology advancements that are convenitent for mankid. This source seems really reliable because it has a ton of information about the movie and explains how the technology …show more content…
"AS TECHNOLOGY GETS BETTER, WILL SOCIETY GET WORSE?" New Yorker 6 Feb. 2014: n. pag. Web. In this article, he posses the question, will society get wirst as the technology gets better? He also proposes a theory to people. The theory is the chainsaw/hand-chisel theory.this theory is about if a person would rather watch a guy with a chainsaw chop at wood or a guy with hand chisel. This can suggest that technlogy is more importan to society. He believes that our technological identities are determined by what companies decide to sell us based on what they believe. I think this source is reliable. Its published and copyrighted on an online magazine. I think this source is a little biased but this source can still be relied on because he does state facts and sites some sources to back up the facts. Wu Is a contributing author to Newyorker.com. he is also a proffessor at Columbi Law School. Hes a very smart individual from his background. I will most likely use a majority of this magazine article in my essay. It has a lot of good information and a lot of quality information that can be used in part of my body paragraph. This resource is very helpful to my essay. He explains the effect technology can have in the future and how it can relate to what society is today. Technology with the future isnt that broad of a topic so I can find a lot of information in this article and other articles I can …show more content…
Perf. Idyot Corp. N.p., n.d. Web. This video is the speaker telling a poem about how you should put down your phone so you don’t miss all the fun that life has in store. His poem explains how everyones faces in todays society are always looking at sokme sort of device and that people hide behind there phones on social media. People should get out more and go explore and meet new people. Talk to someone face to face and not just have fake friends through social media. This source is reliable and biased because it is just a normal man explaining what he thinks todays society is like. In my opinion, he is correct because im guilty of using my phone and technological devices to much. I could use this video in my essay. I could use it to describe certain point of the movie WALL-E. The video is from a verified youtube account so this is another reason this source can be

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