2001: A Space Odyssey

mother Shirley, brothers Mike and John David, and sisters Valerie and Terri. Being the oldest, he naturally took on the leadership role when it came to him taking care of his sisters. One day when he was fourteen, James went to see the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. After he did not know what to think of it. He had realized an important lesson he would use as a motif that he would…

Making Us Stupid?, Nicholas Carr, the author, discusses the pros and cons of technology, specifically the Internet, as both a provider of information, and a way for humans to access information. He opens with a quote from the infamous film 2001: A Space Odyssey, where HAL, the supercomputer, pleads with his human companion not to shut him down. “Dave, my mind is going,” says HAL sadly. Similarly, Carr feels that his mind is also experiencing a loss. A prolific and successful author and…

The result was a lengthy 5 year odyssey compiled of research, animation, and CGI like nothing Cuarón had executed before[1]. During the films release in 2013, all hype was justified by the intimately detailed visuals but more cleverly due to the visuals service to the story. Cuarón aimed…

Textual Analysis: Is Google Making Us Stupid? Carrie Snow once stated, “Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.” Throughout history man has strived to improve the quality of life through the improvement of technology. Whether it was the invention of the wheel five-thousand years ago or the discovery of life-saving antibiotics, technology has always been considered a welcome improvement to society. Today the most…

An adroitly crafted piece of visual rhetoric, How to Engage a Google Brain appears as an argument that Google is literally hardwired-wired into the innermost neurons of the brain (Weinsg). Living in the United States in 2016, one grows up as a digital native; technology is introduced at a very young age as American society has become dependent upon its existence. If one fails to locate an answer to one’s question, one is commonly advised to “Google it!” or “Look it up on the Internet.” Do…

An Analysis of Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid” In the last 30 years, a wave of technological innovation has swept over the Earth, blanketing our cultures with Cell Phones, Microwaves, and the peculiar creation labeled simply, “The Internet”. Emerging to the public in the 1990’s, the Internet is a vast collection of databases stored all around the world, allowing anyone with a computer and access to the internet to view virtually anything you might want to learn about. However, even in its…

Technology: The 1960s was a time of conformity but also a time of innovation in the area of electronics and communications. In the 1960s, cars saw a massive growth in the popularity of muscle cars, marked by the most popular Ford Mustang. Another popular innovation of the time was the hatchback, with the Renault 16; a design model that has lasted into modern cars such as the Prius. This time in the industry also saw a significant acceptance of Japanese cars, as seen in the popular Toyota…

Google It The world may wonder how people ever survived without the Internet before it came into their lives. They have grown accustomed to the easiness the Internet provides. The work that used to take someone hours or even days and weeks to accomplish can be achieved within minutes. In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr introduces us to the idea that people are allowing the Internet to think for them. Are the readers of the world losing the ability to think for themselves?…

Crawford, Kate, and Ryan Calo. “There Is a Blind Spot in AI Research.” Nature, vol. 538, no. 7625, 2016, p. 311. In the article There Is a Blind Spot in AI Research, Kate Crawford and Ryan Calo explain how Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already made in impact on our society. They urge readers to focus on how AI has impacted “social, cultural, and political settings.” While some of them effects are good, others are bad. It is easier now for doctors to diagnose illnesses, but doctors do not…

Williams recalled when he was sixteen that his parents took him to see 2001: A Space Odyssey he was not only amazed but inspired to try acting (Starpulse). Williams had left Juilliard for LA and ended up working on West Coast Comedy Club (BIOGRAPHY: Robin Williams). He joined Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg for many Comic Relief…