PHIL 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Luddite, Industrial Revolution, Executive Functions
26 Sep 2016
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Important definitions from the required reading glass cage ch. 2 include the following terms from the textbook: Luddism was a revolt against industrialism in england. Luddites had an immediate concern with job loss: also concerned with human interaction with machines. We believe that technology alleviates us of unnecessary work. For every benefit that technology brings us, there"s a question: are we really liberating ourselves. One example given by carr is that those areas of the brain associated with memory and spatial recognition are bigger in cab drivers . Walter cronkite in the home office of 2001 (1967) (video) Unemployment 29: employment patterns 32 managerial power 37, software is eating the world 40. Software is eating the world statement: not carr"s , he"s quoting somebody. Chapter 3 (pg 45: operator insisting of following gps instead of noticing and responding to warning signs and flashing lights.
