Davidson College Fall 2018
Over the past decade, major corporations such as Google, Facebook and Amazon have invested in billion-dollar data centers and server farms in rural counties across America. While the vast majority of the organizations operations and management take place near cities (namely in Silicon Valley), these data centers represent a significant portion of the corporation’s tangible […]
Reading Feed by M.T. Anderson has been an incredibly thought-provoking experience. The novel portrays a future world, in which the “feednet” (similar to our Internet) is implanted into the brains of Americans. While Feed was written nearly two decades ago, aspects of Anderson’s future world unnervingly resemble modern society and where it’s headed. Some of these similarities …
Once upon a time, adverts were indiscriminate, individuals had to endure the pain of seeing ads that did not apply to them, and companies had to invest capital into viewers that were surely not their target audience. Since 2007 and the introduction of the smartphone by Apple, all of that has changed. Now, companies in…
Just as the invention of the telephone made large steps in erasing class distinction as explained in Carolyn Marvin’s Community and Class Order, the internet has gone even further in allowing almost anyone nearly unlimited access to information with “how to” videos of every kind to college lectures across disciplines. Roy Rosenzweig’s essay on the …
Continue reading “Will the Internet Remain the Land of the Free?”
As an avid user of the internet in this day and age, I feel like I have to admit that I have never put much thought into the origin of the world wide web. More…
In today’s world, there exists this widespread perception that technology is transparent and rational. It has become so seamlessly integrated into our everyday lives that we sometimes forget how it saves us extra labor, time, and money. This phenomenon occurs when technology is reliable and correct – our alarm always wakes us up at the …
FANUC industrial robots assemble cars at Audi’s primary Hungarian plant. The robots assist with the plant’s annual production of over 2 million engines. [1] An issue of particular interest and concern to college students is the pending penetration of more automated systems into the workforce. As …
Continue reading “Productivity Increases at the Cost of… the Producers?”
The internet has changed the world at every level of society. Our world looks incredibly different than it did just 20 years ago and is still rapidly evolving. Some people have trouble adapting to new things, specifically old people. You always hear about the classic grouchy old man, getting mad at kids for being kids. …
The Social Network (2010)
Steve Jobs (2015)
