Friday, April 8, 2011

Signature Essay (Third Source

My 3rd and final article for the Signature Essay is by the Vice President of google. It is titled 'The Disruptive Power of Networks.' The vice president starts off by saying how incredibly disruptive the internet is to the old way of doing things. The author then lists several things the internet has already changed. After he states that this is only 1% of the things the internet is capable of, then continues to list the things the internet will be able to eventually do, whether for better or worse.
My personal response to this article is shock. The fact that somebody has made there entire fortune of the internet and still considers several negative effects of it, and is willing to list them in an article is just unbelievable. I mean, that's kinda like a teacher making a full article about the negative effects of organized schooling. Hell, even most drug dealers don't tell people about how drugs are, even though everyone knows how bad they are. When the people closest to a controversial subject are talking about how bad it is, then that's when you should know something's not right. I've found a trend as well on these articles about how everyone seems to take the side of the negative, but also tries to throw some positive effects in their as well. Another thing that shocked me was what he was saying the internet is capable of. Some of the ideas he has for the future, someone with the intelligence and the means to make them happen, are quite startling.
How I plan to tie this article in with my other sources is quite simple. It takes the same approach as the other two. The fact that the vice president of google is talking about how bad the internet is, is a convincing enough piece of evidence, but also it ties in greatly with the main message of my paper. One of the biggest points I plan on pushing is that technology is limitless, it's only been what, 10 years since the internet has been popular? Has it even been 10? And, look at all of the changes we've seen in our psychi, what are those kids growing up now going to be like when they grow up not know life before the internet world. What are their kids going to be like, when they grow up never knowing what life is like before robots, smart toasters, and all of the other shenanigans this guy talks about in his article. Sure, the good may outway the bad, until the whole system comes crashing down, overrides or something bad happens.

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