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First Draft [Zachariou]

March 28, 2019 — No Comments ↓

There is a considerable emphasis placed on the importance of a good upbringing for a child. Many people argue that a persons subsequent actions depend on how they were raised as a child. For instance, if a child was abandoned Continue reading →

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First Draft [Partington]

March 28, 2019 — No Comments ↓

Although in my opinion Victor made many mistakes throughout his creation and upbringing of Frankenstein, I think his biggest mistake was creating the monster in the first place. I think regardless of the motivations and attitudes that Victor had when Continue reading →

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First Draft [Wiley]

March 28, 2019 — No Comments ↓

From the moment Victor Frankenstein left home to attend University of Ingolstadt, he had an interest in chemistry and philosophy. Victor’s professor M. Waldman played a huge role in encouraging Victor to pursue a path that grew upon his love Continue reading →

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Predictions [Karam]

March 19, 2019 — No Comments ↓

Vannevar Bush predicts inventions that could possibly be created in the future, with the constant advances in technology. All of the potential Inventions, had the same thing in common; they were to create more storage room and metaphorically expand the Continue reading →

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Predictions [Wetter]

March 18, 2019 — No Comments ↓

The Vannevar Bush article “As We May Think” written in 1945 discusses the potentialities of future technological advancement. Many of what he discusses was beyond the limits of my vocabulary and thus I could not adequately engage whether or not Continue reading →

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comparative essay

March 18, 2019 — No Comments ↓

Centuries ago, the plow and the printing press were the rising innovations of technology. The plow helped bring in crops at an easier and quicker pace, and the printing press gave access to writing materials and had the ability to Continue reading →

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Predictions [Valian]

March 5, 2019 — No Comments ↓

My prediction for As We May Think by Vannevar Bush, was that the article was going to consist of futuristic myths contrasting with the reality of society. I thought that Bush would talk about false evidence that many people believe Continue reading →

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As We May Think [Zachariou]

February 28, 2019 — No Comments ↓

In 1945 Vannevar Bush, an American engineer, wrote an article called “As We May Think”, where he discusses the impact on the advancement of technology. Throughout the article, he makes a variety of predictions for what the future in technology Continue reading →

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Predictions [Rivas]

February 26, 2019 — No Comments ↓

Vannevar Bush predicts that technologies to come will allow people to do things more efficiently than ever before, at a cost lower than before. Much of the technologies he predicts are strikingly similar to technologies we have today. One form Continue reading →

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As We May Think [Humphreys]

February 26, 2019 — No Comments ↓

The article As We May Think, by Vannevar Bush predicts, “will give man access to and command over the inherited knowledge of the ages”, his thought that we would have access to things that happened in history is pretty accurate, the Continue reading →

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