5/21/2023 0 Comments Carr the shallows![]() ![]() The opposing view is that of instrumentalists, who view technology. One view is that of technological determinism, in which technology is a force that shapes the course of history and is outside people’s control. He discusses the intellectual ethics of a technology, which is often a subconscious byproduct of the inventor’s intent that ends up impacting the user.Ĭarr reflects on the debate about technology’s role in shaping society. Transcendentalism, for Carr, is another way to access the meditative and subjective type of learning that is the hallmark of the literary mind. He views new technology as tools that allow people to gain more power and control over the situations surrounding their lives. Carr uses the Transcendental attitude to go deeper into what is at risk when we privilege efficiency over everything else. He uses the history of cartography and then the development of clocks to show how these technologies changed the way people thought about space and time. ![]() In Chapter 3, called “Tools of the Mind,” Carr reflects on how peoples’ intellectual maturation is demonstrated through the way they draw pictures and maps. ![]()
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