Xu Dong Li Notes on Chapter 3 of The Shallows

In chapter 3 of the Book, The Shallows, it spoke about how different things that was created in the past has affected us in today’s times. It spoke about how maps created in the past has a impact on how we use it nowadays along with technology. In the past, maps were created to by scratching in the dirt with a stick to indicate locations of a certain area but today everything has mature in a way where we can locate things with simple tools such as technology. There will no longer need to be times where we need to hand draw the locations. The chapter also spoke about “time.” The author was referring time to how clocks were created and what really defined “time.” Time, played a big role in the past for everyone and people in the present as well. This chapter basically just wanted to point out one idea and it is that technology has changed everything that was invented in the past and how technology today affects every human being on this planet.

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