Module 1 - Background "Invention is the mother of necessities.” - Marshall McLuhan Questions We Ask Ourselves Marshall McLuhan ’s saying‚ "Invention is the mother of necessities"‚ is an example of wit. How is it witty? What is the original saying? You need wit to think about technology‚ for wit demands creative thinking. And once you start thinking creatively‚ you start to see the effect of technology on us all. The usual saying is‚ "Necessity is the mother of invention." That makes sense:
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zippers are something that the current generation uses a lot in designs‚ without this invention pants wouldn’t be the same today. A zipper is a machine made up of two flexible strips of metal or plastic with the potential to be interlocked if pulled up. The zipper helps keeps pants from falling down the wearer’s waist‚ furthermore‚ they helped the button of the pants‚ by telling which waist size is ok. Inventions weren’t the only thing in the 30s that stood out‚ in fact‚ there was also styles that
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Ancient Chinese Inventions It is well known that China has an ancient and glorious history‚ from the feudal periods ending in 222 BC through the three Imperial and Intermediate Eras‚ up to the Modern era – over 4000 years of dynastic reigns. It may also be well known that China is the source of many wonderful and useful inventions from spaghetti to gunpowder. This list‚ however‚ will take a slightly different slant of the topic: Chinese inventions and developments that were not known to or adopted
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The 3 most important inventions from the Gilded Age are the telephone‚ the lightbulb‚ and the skyscraper. The telephone‚ created by Alexander Graham Bell in 1875‚ had the ability to connect two people from a given distance together. Evolving from the human messenger and telegraph‚ the telephone improved upon those by ameliorating its speed and comprehensibility. As a result of this creation‚ people‚ today‚ can connect to each other from anywhere in the world‚ thus uniting those could never have otherwise
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ENG 102 March 8‚ 2014 TV Addiction Quite a few people jokingly say that they have a friend or family relative who is addicted to television. What they may not realize is it may in fact be true. In Marie Winn’s “The Plug-In Drug”‚ she implies that television addiction is much like a drug or drinking problem‚ and is difficult to stop. Winn writes her essay in a very simplistic manner‚ and focuses on the destructiveness of an addiction; she illustrates and compares the destructiveness of addiction
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children. Journal of Communication‚ 30‚ 164-170. Casteel‚ M. (1993). Effects of inference necessity and reading goal on children ’s inferential integration. Journal of Educational Psychology‚ 88‚ 484-507. Chen‚ M. (1994). The smart parents ’ guide to kids TV. San Francisco: KQED Books. Collins‚ P. A.‚ Wright‚ J. C.‚ Anderson‚ D. R.‚ Huston‚ A. C.‚ Schmitt‚ K. L.‚ & McElroy‚ E. S. (1997). Effects of early childhood media use on adolescent achievement Collins‚ W. A. (1983). Interpretation and inference in
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"Necessity is the Mother of Invention" The quote‚ “Necessity is the mother of invention‚” is a pretty well known saying. Like most quotes‚ they can have different meanings for different people. To me‚ this quote means that without ever having to need anything‚ nothing would have been invented. Without necessity‚ the need for new inventions‚ such as the fire or even the television‚ may have never been found or even thought of. Also‚ with the need of certain things‚ you can help improve your life
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dynasty inventions that have been famously credited to this period. These inventions have in one way or another shaped the way our world is lived in right now. The first and perhaps the most popular is the invention of the paper making process during the Han dynasty. Although historians claim that the oldest piece of wrapping paper can be traced back to the Chinese during the 2nd BCE‚ the process of making paper was invented during the Han period. The eunuch Cai Lun was credited for this invention. His
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Inventions That Drastically Changed the World Recorded history affords us the opportunity to trace the evolution of mankind from early ancient civilizations to where we currently stand. Throughout this history‚ there have been many technological advancements that have had a tremendous impact on both the immediate societies that they originated in and future societies as well. This brief essay will discuss the impact of 3 inventions from 3 different eras in history: Ancient Civilization‚ The Middle
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Cultural Diversity or Global Monoculture The Impacts of the Information Age Kenneth Keniston Massachusetts Institute of Technology Paper Prepared for Conference on "The Global Village" Bangalore‚ Karnataka‚ India November 2‚ 1998 The coming of the "Information Age" is the topic of thousands of books‚ articles‚ and conferences‚ including this one. Predictions range from outrageous optimism to dire pessimism; we have analyses from a Marxist‚ a neo-liberal‚ an anthropological‚ and many other
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