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About jeremydrenaud

Georgia Tech Freshman Born in Saudi Arabia, grew up in Atlanta, went to High School in Switzerland

Why Google is Making us Smarter

Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Albert Einstein, Galileo. All of these famous people were intelligent and geniuses in different respects and affected the world differently, mostly for good, but how else are they similar? What is one thing which they all lacked? … Continue reading

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The Social Network

I thought that The Social Network did a good job at showing how much trouble goes into something we are so used to and can so easily use in our lives. I can log onto Facebook and do anything I … Continue reading

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Second Skin

In our class discussion on Second Skin, we talked for a bit about how the movie was very good at being unbiased and showing both sides of the argument for what video games can do to people. I think it … Continue reading

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Grand Thefts

During our class discussion, one thing I notice a lot was that the discussion wasn’t necessarily specifically about the short story, but was how we experience some of the things he experiences and whether or not GTA is good for … Continue reading

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Digital Pistil

I thought that “Digital Pistil” overall was a good read and very interesting. I thought it was interesting because while we always think of things in the future as being technologically advanced, we never think of how things from nature … Continue reading

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Is Google Making Us Stupid?

In the blog we had to read for class about Google and its affect on us, the author thought that Google in general is making us stupid as it has given us less of an attention span while reading all … Continue reading

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The Future of Us of Machines?

In our group discussion, someone believed that the robots in the videos are actually the post human, or the future of the human race. I believe that this isn’t the case in this video because I don’t think it is … Continue reading

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iPads vs. Books

In the essay we read for class on iPads vs. books, the author in the end said that while in the future we will still have books, they will be new types of books which won’t be easily destroyed or … Continue reading

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The Corporation

The corporation for me was interesting because it showed that we are really in a trap made by the corporation. It seems like with everything we own or want to do, it will involve a corporation. It just amazes me … Continue reading

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Illustrated Essays

One of the projects I liked a lot was the one about newspapers and whether we will still use or have them in the future. I liked this project because I had never thought about something like a newspaper and … Continue reading

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