Writing Project: Technology
Technology as a term can be very difficult to use as a criteria for categorizing the action of writing. To be certain, the line that has to be drawn in this situation appears blurred at best, to most people. The argument of whether or not writing is or isn’t technology, or whether writing is or isn’t a natural endeavor for humans, can and will be deeply investigated. Writing has been established as a process of placing collected and possibly organized thoughts onto some sort of platform with a set system of figures or characters that can ideally be read and understood by other people. Technology has become the idea that contains all of those actions that humans take to produce articles or affairs that are not completely natural. Natural objects, entities, or actions, are defined as what humans do, or what occurs in the world, without human fabrication. To look at these concepts with the idea of human evolution close at hand, complicates matters greatly and forces far too many mere assumptions for a concise argument, so the idea here is to look at what humans would do in an isolated environment on their own, and what they do at present in a world where information is not only available, but forcefully pushed into the lives of the world’s people. For instance, talking is technology; in the case of humans at some point in evolution being speechless, and then later basically inventing the enterprise of speech. But talking is natural in the situation of children growing up anywhere in the world today and learning how to talk without any instruction. Of course the rather interesting argument could be made, that those organisms evolving into humans who had not acquired speech yet, were not really humans; in any case, humans will now be those modern people who have already spoken, or those modern humans that live in a world after humanity’s acquisition of speech.
The project at hand was an experiment in technology, and also an experiment in writing. The objective was to take a course of action that would create writing, however, none of the “regular” or “conventional” systems of writing could be used, and notice needed to be made pertaining to what was natural, and what was not natural.
I am taking a course in writing technology, and the last thing you would imagine as a topic is how natural writing can or cannot be. Our teacher for this course had us come up with a writing project. We were asked to make twenty words or less using any tool that was natural and did not involve high technology. This means we could not use computers, paints, or markers. In discussing what we could use, the class quickly broke down the options. It appeared almost impossible. We got nothing. This is where begging and pleading for ideas came in to play, and perhaps our instructor is a little financially better off if someone offered him a bribe, who knows.. How could it be done? Why? What would we learn about such an unnatural task that would even relate to the topic writing technology?
In the article "the persistence of the word" written by James Gleick, he argues that writing is the hardest technology to erase from our mind. Writing made knowledge more durable stuff, which represented the roots of human history. The author used one-to-one correspondence methods, link examples with explanations to introduced writing into three categories. First, the way of writing. Writing as a technology requires premeditation and special art, it is a competence forever bodying itself in a series of concrete performance. In ancient times writing usually exists on paper or stone, show our respect to the culture, paper and stone is a kind of tools which can inspired immediate detractors, writing on stone is
Fahrenheit 451 is a novel written by Ray Bradbury. In this novel Ray Bradbury predicted how he thought society would be in the future and the society he predicted is the same way as our society in the following ways: they depend on technology just as we do today, in their society people are always wanting to live to fast like our society does today, they do not value life much like many people in our society today.
Writing is one of the many factors which can lead to an unequal world. Writing was “One of the most important inventions in human history” (Prososki, “Writing”). It was believed to come from the Fertile Crescent called Sumer around 5,000 years ago. Over the years, writing has advanced as people created writing and printing systems, which were able to reach
A civilization without any written language would be at a loss. Its ability to communicate and record anything because before man could speak they wrote words down to communicate. Writing is important for civilization because it helps us do things we need everyday, like It helps us create business transactions, It helps us write treaty's, It helps us choose what foods to eat, It helps us give directions. Communicate with others without writing would be no solid form of communication. This impact is in two ways: 1. The ability to accurately record history. That is, to know for sure exactly what someone said or did. This is critically important for passing down knowledge between generations, as it allows for the accumulation of more knowledge than could possibly be kept via oral histories. 2. The impact of this is that writing allows for a system society with a much larger gain of knowledge base than otherwise possible. What we see as technology is really predicated on a foundation of writing. Writing allows for the accurate description of an idea, and one which does not depend on all carriers of that written idea to understand even a little of that idea. Most importantly, writing is required for specialization of a society like, in order to have farmers, merchants, political bureaucrats, soldiers, etc, one must haves in writing. Otherwise, everyone is a hunter-gatherer or farmer. Why was writing so
Individuals have the mind-set to be able to act upon or make decisions, whether they are right or wrong, based on their own free wills. According to the second letter written by Rilke addressed to Kappus: “When you are fully creative, try to use it, as one more way to take hold of life” (Rilke 14). Humans have the psychological capacity...
People nowadays live on their phone screens with headphones in their ears.People pay more attention to their phones than people themselves.Technology has taken over our lives and has removed the importance of spending time with family and friends.Instead of living with family, we live with technology.Ray Bradbury who wrote Fahrenheit 451 describes it without directly referring to it, he introduces the ideas that people always have headphones in their ears, tv walls, and burning books.which doesn't directly refer to technology being bad, but says it in a symbolic way.Bradbury's depiction and perspective on technology is an accurate depiction of technology and how it influences people’s lives.
Thorough out this novel, Bowen attempts to reconcile her Western prejudice with those of the Tiv society. Her experience and her failures contribute to her lessons and revelations. She now holds the knowledge that language and social relationships are indispensable to research. Conclusively, Bowen understands that culture is reliant on understanding the cultures language and that this understanding will aid in social relationships.
Writing can be a very difficult process for those who do not know how to go about constructing
When I was first assigned, the “invent your own technology” assignment, I had no idea of how I was going to complete this project. I had no understanding of why we had to create a project like this, especially when there are already various writing technologies available to us. I can honestly say, that by the end of this project I had realized how much technologies such as computers, typewriters, pens, pencils, and paper are taken for granted everyday. Dennis Barron said “writing is first and foremost a technology” (Barron, 37). This statement is something that I agree with! I think that any way someone writes should be considered a technology.
...igence. The second study strategy will be to continue the use of the above methods while interpreting my intrapersonal intelligence. To do this I will sets goals as to when my work needs to be completed and how much studying I will do each night. By doing this I will be reducing the amount of stress I will have from studying by not cramming the night before the test.
I am writing this paper to be able to have a better understanding of what fables represent and to be able to look deeper into the story than just the pictures and text. Many people just read these stories without getting the full grasp of what the story was meant for. After wright this paper and doing my own research, I hope to be able to analyze the text and get the full grasp of the fable a bit better. Stories are so important to us because there is a bigger picture of what you are just reading. And these stories are filled with great morals that can really help a person through there life. So not only are they a way of entertainment but also a sort of bible. Stories have had a great impact on my life. Because I was reading these stories at such a young age, these moral are established in me automatically and make me the person that I am today.
Fantastic Mr. Fox. Dir. Wes W. Anderson. Perf. George Clooney and Meryl Streep. Twentieth Century Fox, 2009. DVD.
The process I took to find this information on Aesop’s fables was long and challenging. To start off, I was absent on the first day of the assignment, leaving me behind the entire class. Once I finally caught up with the class, I found the assignment very interesting. The first day our class went to the media center was very frustrating. That day, our school had been experiencing severe power outages, and by the time I could get my computer to start working, class was almost over. I quickly did as much as I could in the short time, and took the rest home to finish. The very next day, I had trouble ...
Technology is the way which extends humans ability. It is very difficult to obtain a precise definition of technology. It is generally accepted that "technology" is more than just a collection of physical products of science. "Technology" is the link between society and its tools.