The Shallows was a very informative read. It discussed the concept of technologies, how they evolved and how they affect the way we process and carry out tasks. Essentially what it covers is how technologies shape our mind’s construct whether it aids in the development of how we think, or how it can take away or reduce our thinking or processing capacity. Technologies have certainly helped us to grasp abstract concepts and model it into our everyday lives.

My weekend was good. I am a huge soccer fan and one of the most important games of the season for my favorite team happened over this weekend. FC Barcelona played Real Madrid in an exciting game that had a lot of drama and last minute heroics. The score was 3 – 2 in favor of Barcelona, the team I support. The best player in the world, Lionel Messi, played one of his best games this season. A late strike gave us the lead in the last minutes of the game.

Children as beautiful as they can be are viral terrorists. The attack you at any moment and usually in a public setting. My children are my lovely pains in the ass, they distract me, command my attention constantly and require food, shelter and clothing. And you know what they are also therapists, motivators and the best moments of each day in my life.

Well I fell like it’s Deja Vu all over again. its ok for me because i actually get the feeling that i can do the same routine again and so far so good. I kind of over slept a little because I forgot to set my alarm up due of the back to back but mentally I am on a deja vu mode for the rest of the day so that great i know how to swing things around if things don’t go well.

Reading chapter 3 of the shallows “Tools of The Mind”  was very interesting to learn about the chronological order of the development of different tools that today we consider to be an essential part of our daily life. Tools that were developed to expand our power and control over different situations, over time and distance. All created, with a common purpose; to facilitate a task at hand and be more efficient. Reading this chapter made me realized of the importance of the many tools that make our life easier and we take them for granted.

Before I read the chapter 3 of shallow, I though it just an article about the history of technology that related to human being’s history. I was wrong, course I found more that hidden in the book. Long time ago, the ancient people just knew a little bit technology. Because of the desire of living materials, human’s culture and civilization were developed. More and more technologies were invented. And these technologies also pushed the development of human being’s society. Now, we developed AI technology. However, what will it do to our future?

“To be decided”

This is the second day in a row writing on Open lab. What a joy. The topic for today is, “To Be Decided”. The weather is also very helpful in the mood sector. Anyway, today in class we are going to discuss an article named “The Shallows”. I wish I had done a preview to it but will do during the class.

Last night’s assignment was to read two chapters that had been uploaded to Google Drive for us. I had to go to work after class, so I took the opportunity to print the chapters there so I could start reading them on the bus ride home. Didn’t happen. The bus was unbearably crowded. Once I arrived home, I sat down and began reading, certainly after greeting my children, of course. But I fell asleep. Was awoken at 12 Mid by my daughter, who wanted to know if I had taken my medication. I hadn’t. So I preceded to do so. Made myself some coffee (Hail, Keurig!), and proceeded to read. The first chapter I read, “A Medium of The Most General Nature,” was about the creation of the computer and how it changed our lives.

I thought that chapter 3 of the shallows was a very good educational read. The first few paragraphs of the chapter correlated the development of a child’s mind with their drawings/artwork into the origins of creating maps of the landscapes. A few more paragraphs of reading and it spoke about early middle aged technology for time keeping such as bell tolls from the clock tower. I was really intrigued by the reading when the writer brought up the term intellectual technologies.

While reading The Shallows – The Tools of the Mind, i find it to be a very interesting reading. First, the writer goes from the presenting very clearly the idea of how human develop through age. From drawing scribbles with crayons to drawing complex maps and so on. It is interesting the connection the author uses when depicting that in history, adult humans also did scribbles to draw maps either on rocks or the ground. Does this mean, in the contemporary society children are already doing what adults used to do in the past?