Analysis Of 'Do Not Fear Cybermind'

In today’s world, an incredible advancement in technology crossing all sectors has made everything more accessible. Therefore, it seems to be misnomer to talk about one disadvantage of computers, ipads, internet… It is true that individuals became totally dependent on computers that they do not even tend to memorize anything due to the ability to search the net and get whatever he/she needs. “Do not fear cybermind”, an article published on august 5, 2012 by the professor Daniel M. Wegner, discusses the distinction between three things, stuff we know independently, stuff we remember by accessing our memories and minds and stuff we resort to resources such as Google and Wikipedia to get to know them. Daniel Merton Wegner (June 28, 1948 – July 5, 2013) was an American social psychologist. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University and a fellow of both the American Association
He was strong enough to let readers understand how technology affects us using interesting topic sentence that grabs the readers’ attentions, real life examples, facts, and dates and avoiding complicated vocab words that may confuse the reader. The author was straight forward, by whom he relied on the components of the modes of persuasion: ethos, pathos and logos to accomplish his purpose. These techniques allow the writer to develop a persuasive power in his article. The writer used a real life example about his own life to introduce the transactive memory idea by which he explains how his wife and him depend on each other which is interesting. For example, every one of them is concerned about specific things and thus consults the other about the rest. The writer’s purpose is to convince readers that internet has many advantages especially ones who disregard internet’s role in our lives that’s why he used many examples to inspire