Blog 3

I see the future as being more like what Bush's views of technology are. The technologies that people are using are wonderful things, but they will eventually be replaced by something that can do the job better. Yet somethings are even created to hinder the user instead due to the machine or tool not being able to respond fast enough to what we want it to do. An example is the keyboard and the type writer. Originally the type writer made it much faster and less tiring to write things more efficiently and in a timely manner. Yet the type writer itself could not keep up with the user because they would jam, eat the paper and even gears would wear out. This was due to the people typing being able to type to fast in comparison to the reaction time of the typewriters. The solution that was originally created was rather than speeding up the type writer try to slow down the user as to give the typewriter time to react. This lead to the creation fo the QWERTY keyboard which allowed people to type and not have the typewriter break. At least for a certain amount of time, till the people typing got used to the new keyboard and the problem resurfaced. Now that we no longer really use the typewriter we still use the QWERTY keyboard even though we know there is a better layout for it.

Bush talks about how information we store is done so alphabetically or numerically. He then mentions about how the mind works with association rather the the system we use to store our information. Yet we use outdated techniques to help people learn the information we as humans have stored. The system of having a person who knows what they are talking about to talk to people who do not know much about the topic, if anything about the topic is still used. This way of teaching a class is not as effective as other methods that have been studied or deal with association  That method is how I was taught in Middle School and truthfully I felt that I did not learn much in those two years. Once I entered High School the teachers did not only spout knowledge at me they had me engage with others, with either group work or even one on one with the teacher themselves. By association these experiences with the knowledge that I was meant to learn. My grades improved dramatically from Middle School and I felt that I learned much easier and retained it more. I hope that the older method of someone simply talking to a student will eventually get replaced, but due to issues with our culture and how we treat those who educate the future generations. I sadly think that it will not happen in my life time.