Luddite

Your brain on the internet, a statement that has been argued for almost a decade; between supporters of technology and non-supporters alike. A particular voice on the opinionated debate, Nicholas Carr author of The Shallows, voices his opinions in such a way that some consider him to be completely against technology; when in actuality Carr is only warning us of the effects it can have on our brains. The Shallows is a book that engages the reader in a very innovative. Inside the text, Carr uses…

Writings by white, male, upper-class individuals dominate the canon of Western History. While such a dominance does not negate their scholarship, the voices of the marginalized—women, the poor and ethnic minorities—are not represented in this limited historical viewpoint. Many mid-20th century historians felt that there was a need to counter this inequality of representation. For example, E.P. Thompson, Clifford Geertz and Natalie Zemon Davis each generated works that revealed the history of a…

Stock Market From Inside Job, a documentary about the lead up to the stock market crash of 2008, Christine Lagarde said “The financial industry is a service industry. It should serve others before it serves itself.” The year 2008 was a huge scare for the common man in the United States. When the housing market crashed, everyone saw their lives change before their eyes and feared for their future. Stocks went down faster than the speed of light and with time of change heading towards the United…

Q.7 Should historians dwell more on the negative social consequences of the Industrial Revolution or its positive economic benefits? Historians should dwell more on the negative social consequences of the Industrial Revolution rather than its positive economic benefits. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Industrial Revolution is: “The rapid development of industry in the late 18th and 19th centuries, brought about by the introduction of machinery. It was characterized by the use of…

Technology’s effect on people, especially younger generations, has been highly debated. Many people take very strong stances on the subject and tend to feel very passionate about their stance. This leads to people with the same viewpoints to deliver their messages I very different ways. Some of these deliveries tend to be much more effective than others. An example of two people with similar view points, but different deliveries is Sherry Turkle, and Nicolas Carr. Both believe that technology is…

Wordsworth’s condescending tone highlights his belief that Romantic era ideals were superior to those of society in that era and those of the Enlightenment era. Wordsworth’s message additionally inspired his contemporaries like Lord Byron and the Luddites to write rebellious poetry and even go as far as break machines. Wordsworth’s poem similarly captured the angst-filled repulsion of Britain’s upper class towards the changes in society, which critics later defined as “British Philistinism.”…

A staple of the horror genre has always been that of the mad scientist. From H.G. Wells ' Dr. Moreau to the more recent ideas of Dr. Josef Mengele in Ira Levin 's 1976 novel, The Boys From Brazil, these and other fictitious1 scientist 's dreams and schemes generate nothing but pure evil while running unrestricted and unaccountable, wreaking havoc upon humanity, with the ultimate result of the scientist receiving the recompense of his reward. Heather Douglas indulges herself with this fiction in…

Introduction Technology has revolutionized the world. Law enforcement has not been left behind in this aspect, but police departments around the nation have been challenged by technological advancements ever since the advent of the modern policing era. There are benefits and drawbacks to the evolving technology such as no federal, state or local standards for law enforcement when it comes to technology regulation. It can be difficult for agency administers to correctly outfit their department…

One of the characters, Tom Robinson, was an African American man convicted of rape. When he went to court he was in a bad position because he was against a white biased jury. This is a problem because if the jury does not like african americans, then Tom robinson will be found guilty in every way even if he is completely innocent. The white bias is shown when people threaten Atticus for taking up the case, even though he is trying to do the right thing by defending Tom. Later on the Civil Rights…

European Industrial Revolution in the North As the Industrial Revolution began to gain some momentum during the 1780’s, it would bring a myriad amount of changes to Europe. The Industrial Revolution is known as a transition to new manufacturing processes, which include the development of new technological advances. Hand tools were being replaced and a transition of new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes would occur. Not only did this economic transformation bring along a…