Reading & writng 2 full pages

Directions: please read the article from a recent issue of New York Magazine (2016), entitled "l

ur"d t" b" Human" by Andrew sullivan, which is posted on Moodle. ln addition, read the article, "Automation for the People" which concludes Carr's newer Book,

The Gloss Cage

(2OL4). Both authors focus, although in different ways, upon how people interact with and

learn from technology, and offers some challenge to those whose lives have been increasingly

filled with tech and Jevices. Beyond the question of the risk to developing brains, these articles

pose questions about what our future will, or even should, be with technology'

pleose read the moteriol, onnotote it ond respond by toking o position either ogreeing

with ttte authors, ideas and conclusions about the growing push for more "automotion" in our

tech ond our lives, os well as some of the more de-humonizing elements of our tech, or not' You

moy agree with parts of the articles, but toke a stand on whether you think this need to be

better monitored for its effects on us ond society. How you structure your response essay is

entirely up to you. However, you must quote ond tefer to a few specific possoges ond ideas in

these articles and use inlormation from at leost three (3) other of the readings we've done

since Mid-Term* for evidence, snd to quote from, in support of whichever point of view you

ultimately settle uPon.

o Work on this olone ond moke an extended outline along with this sheetto bring with you on the day of the exam. staple your outline to this sheet'

c FAIL;1RE to hdve on extended outline to hond in with the essay will result in o grode of ,,D,,-or just "Possing"-tor the exdm. You will not receive a higher

grade,

since you are not providing evidence of having prepared ahead for your response'

c Write relevant information, definitions or ideas, either os dired quotes or paraphrases, into your outline (w/Page numbers) from the texts you intend to use

in your response.This will save you from having to cart the books around'

o lJse porenthetical, in-text citation (shorthand version of MLA), such as (Jackson 276), when you cite a quote or idea from one of the articles or sources. You

won't

need a ,,Works Cited" page since we all know the source of references for the exam'

o Essays will be graded on (1) clarity of ideas expressed; and (2) support offered from the articles and our readings for your point of view'

*The most relevant readings to think about are: Sherry Turkle's, "Always On" (Packet); Don

Tapscott, "Eight Net Gen Norms," & "The Net Gen Brain" (Moodle); Small & Vorgan' "Your

Brain Evolving Right Now" (Moodle); Nicholas carr, portions of chapters2,7, &8, lThe Sholtows);Alter, "Escalation" (Packet); & carr, "The Robot at the Gate" & "on Autopilot"

(chs'

2 & 3 from The Glass Coge, Packet)