Thesis Statement

   Scientific fiction presents us with The matrix portraying a pessimistic view in which robots are used to destroy and overpower human kind. In contrast Anne Eisenberg illustrates how robots are not created to destroy however to benefit those in need. I will argue, through robotic medicine development it has been proven robots help save lives. 

Blog #2

"Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes” (Carr20) Why should we spend hours looking for information to our answer when we the internet to give us what we want in seconds. Carr states in his article he begins to lose patience when finding answers in a textbook. His mind is use to working like a computer that he can’t stay focus. We become so dependent to the internet our minds start to program like computers at a fast pace.

I believe most of us can relate to Carr and the many other people who voiced their opinion in the course pack on how the internet is effecting how we think. Who needs textbooks now to find answers when in a click of a button on Google we can find what were looking for. It can take away the ability to fully understand what you’re reading and grasp the answer in your memory. When we have a textbook we have to sit down and analyze the answer and really think about it. Meanwhile Google can just shoot out the answer; we really don’t have to think about what to write because it’s at our fingertips nice and simple. I mean who wouldn’t want it that way many of us seek in finding ways in making life easier and accessible.  

Now my concentration starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety, lose the thread, and begin we have to looking for something to do. (Carr19)

Now who doesn’t have like five windows open while writing a paper? I know I do my attention span has gotten worse over the years that I cannot stay focus on something for more then 30 minutes. I will spend 30 minutes on my paper then switch over to another tab get on facebook maybe even chat with friends on skype. When I finally get back to my paper I forget my train of thought. This is what Carr argues in his article our attention spans are getting worse affecting the way we think because we are not giving our 100% attention to one task.

Facts on Nicholas Carr

Nicholas Carr writes about technology, culture, and economics. His most recent book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, is a 2011 Pulitzer Prize nominee and a New York Times bestseller. Nick is also the author of two other influential books, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google (2008) and Does IT Matter? (2004). His books have been translated into more than 20 languages.
Nick has been a columnist for The Guardian in London and has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, The Times of London, The New Republic, The Financial Times, Die Zeit and other periodicals. His essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” has been collected in several anthologies, including The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009, The Best Spiritual Writing 2010, and The Best Technology Writing 2009.
Nick is a member of the Encyclopedia Britannica's editorial board of advisors, is on the steering board of the World Economic Forum's cloud computing project, and writes the popular blog Rough Type. He has been a writer-in-residence at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a sought-after speaker for academic and corporate events. Earlier in his career, he was executive editor of the Harvard Business Review. He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.A., in English and American Literature and Language, from Harvard University.

Irene M. Pepperberg
Irene Maxine Pepperberg (born April 1, 1949, Brooklyn, New York) is a scientist noted for her studies in animal cognition, particularly in relation to parrots. She is an adjunct professor of psychology at Brandeis University and a lecturer at Harvard University. She is well known for her comparative studies into the cognitive fundamentals of language and communication, and was one of the first to try to extend work on language learning in animals other than humans (exemplified by the Washoe project) to a bird species. Dr. Pepperberg is also active in wildlife conservation, especially in relation to parrots.