Idea of Progress 11

To sum it all up, it can indeed be progress and this topic illustrates the notion in so much as (=because) these earphones are innovative and enable us (=allow us) to speak and understand everyone in the whole world. However, there's no denying that it calls into question language learning, since it could very well make it all but (=but) useless.

Cambodian
"even an American"
a mic [mæɪk]
Babel Tower
AI

  • It's been 28 years since Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web.
right, "it has only been 28 years since TBL invented the WWW" (line 5)
  • The beginning of the document praises the creation (célèbre la création) of famous social networks like Facebook or Twitter.
Wrong, "... it dramatically changed the way humans live and work today." There's no positive remark about the creation of these networks. (lines 3-4)
  • The document evokes two sides to technology, the YIN and YANG opposites.
right, "twenty-first developments [... are] wrapped in opposite yin/yang-oriented energies..." 'lines 10-13
  • the yang is the dark side of technology.
Wrong, the yang is the "bright side" of technology, according to the author (line 20). One example of a positive twist to innovations could be "the end of work" (line 7, page 2)
  • the yin is its bright side
Wrong, the yin is described as the "dark side" of technology (line 15), such as "the very real prospect of mass unemployment" (on line 35).
  • the last two paragraphs are about electricity.
wrong, these paragraphs are about "people [...] disconnecting [...] from technology", and about the "palpable demand for anything that involves less tech." The people who are wary / afraid / concerned about technology are referred to as (=called) Neo-Luddites in the text.
  • Sometimes technology leads to dehumanization.
Right, "technological advances [... have] the potential to cause widespread dehumanization." (lines 15-16)
  • It was written in 2019. (Complete the publication info)
The article is entitled On Neo-Luddite and Optimists in the 21st Century Internet Age, and it was written by Jaron Lanier in 2019 for Old Anima.




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