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| “A bright home is usually a happy home” I found this quote to be very funny. The way this is written is saying that light is so important and that wives deprive their husbands from coming home to a dark house. A home is seen as a happier and more welcoming place if there are lights on inside. Electricity is important to happy families. Describes the wife not being tired from the household duties because she uses electricity. And the kids playing with an electric toy. -Megan Liberty | “A bright home is usually a happy home” I found this quote to be very funny. The way this is written is saying that light is so important and that wives deprive their husbands from coming home to a dark house. A home is seen as a happier and more welcoming place if there are lights on inside. Electricity is important to happy families. Describes the wife not being tired from the household duties because she uses electricity. And the kids playing with an electric toy. -Megan Liberty | ||
| - | **“The instructive merits of some of these toys is a feature not to be overlooked by parents who want to see their sons enter something better than “blind alley” jobs that lead to nowhere.”** (362) This quote interested me because it shows that parents who gave their sons electric toys hoped that these toys would inspire the son to not settle for less in taking jobs that wouldn’t ask much of them or allowing them to be successful, calling it a “blind alley”. In my opinion the blind alley refers to the dark street the father would not walk to after dinner because they prefer the well-lit corner as referred to in the paragraph before. - Jessie Cavolt | + | **“The instructive merits of some of these toys is a feature not to be overlooked by parents who want to see their sons enter something better than “blind alley” jobs that lead to nowhere.”** (362) This quote interested me because it shows that parents who gave their sons electric toys hoped that these toys would inspire the son to not settle for less in taking jobs that wouldn’t ask much of them or allowing them to be successful, calling it a “blind alley”. In my opinion the blind alley refers to the dark street the father would not walk to after dinner because they prefer the well-lit corner as referred to in the paragraph before. - Jessie Cavolt |
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| + | I also find that quote to be very interesting and I think that Jessie sums up the section well. I think that the metaphor that he mentions is a very interesting insight on the deeper meaning behind these toys.~Kendell Jenkins | ||
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| **People are generally creatures of habit. Change is often hard to accept and can even be feared. This is evident in the ways that people react to new technology. Although inventions are often made to make things more efficient and make peoples lives easier, people do not always accept them. The example from Cowan-the sphygmomanometer-is just one example. It was meant to make the act of checking a person blood pressure easier, but people did not see it that way.** They felt it took more than it gave and was useless because they already had something that did the same thing. While people eventually did warm up to the new piece of technology-evident by it prominent use today-it was originally met with opposition. This is true of many pieces of technology as well. However, ask the technology improves and gains in use, people slowly begin to become more accepting of it. --Kasey Mayer | **People are generally creatures of habit. Change is often hard to accept and can even be feared. This is evident in the ways that people react to new technology. Although inventions are often made to make things more efficient and make peoples lives easier, people do not always accept them. The example from Cowan-the sphygmomanometer-is just one example. It was meant to make the act of checking a person blood pressure easier, but people did not see it that way.** They felt it took more than it gave and was useless because they already had something that did the same thing. While people eventually did warm up to the new piece of technology-evident by it prominent use today-it was originally met with opposition. This is true of many pieces of technology as well. However, ask the technology improves and gains in use, people slowly begin to become more accepting of it. --Kasey Mayer | ||
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| This article is indicative of the ruthless nature of technological displacement.** The article mentions how “the private toll road, the canal system and the railroad overtook one another” (133). It goes on to talk about how automobiles and buses displaced the street car (134). My takeaway from this article is the complacency of the streetcar companies in the face of obvious flaws and hypocrisies in regards to their business model. **I think this anecdote about the rise and fall of the streetcar makes a profound statement about the importance of businesses being able to recognize trends and be adaptable. The business of technology is unforgiving to companies that do not think forward and plan ahead.** -Yousef Nasser | This article is indicative of the ruthless nature of technological displacement.** The article mentions how “the private toll road, the canal system and the railroad overtook one another” (133). It goes on to talk about how automobiles and buses displaced the street car (134). My takeaway from this article is the complacency of the streetcar companies in the face of obvious flaws and hypocrisies in regards to their business model. **I think this anecdote about the rise and fall of the streetcar makes a profound statement about the importance of businesses being able to recognize trends and be adaptable. The business of technology is unforgiving to companies that do not think forward and plan ahead.** -Yousef Nasser | ||
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