Counter-argument: technology will only continue to improve human life, taking advantage of human intelligence supplemented by artificial intelligence, and reducing the hierachical structures to achieve a "flat world."
I will be using The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson for research into the Columbian Exposition of 1893, Celebrating the New World:Chicago's Columbian Exposition of 1893 by Robert Muccigrosso, and articles found in the library's database relating to my topic. There is also a film by Eric Faden of Bucknell U - Tracking Theory from Vectors Journal
link to the film: http://www.vectorsjournal.org/index.php?page=7&projectId=78
My Project will relate to the class by talking about the introduction of technology at the World's Columbian Exposition and its effect on life at that time, and also relating to ideas of our most recent text, Butler's Lilith's Brood. This will have strong ties to McKibben's Enough as well.
5 comments:
This is a well-defined, interesting project, which already shows considerable promise. I approve of it, with one caveat - if you end up finding that you can't productively write about all of these sources at once, there's nothing wrong with focusing more narrowly on either Butler *or* Corrigan - you don't need to feel obligated to give equal (or any) time to both, depending on how the project develops.
Your proposal looks great to me, I'm not sure if there's much else to say. You have a narrow thesis and a decent counter-argument. It seems like you already know what direction you're going in and you've already done some reasearch. I think you're good to go.
I don't really have much to say. You have a solid argument which also happens to be the same as mine, and your counter-argument is pretty legitimate. Also, you don't have a ridiculous amount of information. I think you're all set
As everyone has said, your argument is very well-defined and your counter-argument does a good job of showing the positive side of technology. I like how you're planning on interweaving Jimmy Corrigan and Lilith's Brood. You've already done a lot of research too and it looks like you've found some good materials.
My real question is about the demise of man. What does it really mean for humankind to end? Do you foresee an end to all life, or just a change. Will the future man look at us with disgust, or we at him?
Even in your counterargument there are two sides of which you could make value judgments: the term "flat world" could refer to a utopia where everyone enjoy universal education, or a horrible place where everyone is the same.
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