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  1. Sep 2021
    1. They have enabled him to throw masses of peopleagainst another with cruel weapons.

      Particularly true as technology becomes more advanced and widely accessible

    2. numerous trails.

      links! hypermedia!

    3. stylus scheme,

      this kind of feels like a tablet

    4. Selectiondevices of this sort willsoon be speeded up fromtheir present rate ofreviewing data at a fewhundred a minute.

      hehe Google

    5. no extensive market

      there IS an extensive market now, even accessible to the general public

    6. complex businessescould hardly operate without these machines

      It's a bit crazy to think about how many businesses wouldn't exist today or be able to function/evolve without the advancement of technology, and I wonder how many ended up going out of business because they couldn't keep up

    7. he trips the shutter and in it goes, withouteven an audible click.

      In some cases though, we don't necessarily want to keep advancing. For instance, I believe Japan or Korea has a requirement where phones have to have the shutter sound on at all times, and older cameras (i.e. polaroids ?) and other things are considered desired and vintage...

    8. An exposure to ammonia gas destroys theunexposed dye, and the picture can then be taken out intothe light and examined. The process is now slow,

      Has the value of photos decreased as the photo-taking process becomes ever simpler? Is there still meaning towards attempting to take photos this way, or if one chooses to forgo technology when doing an action? Taking a photo now is more accessible, but perhaps less precious and objectively meaningful as it no longer requires such specific steps to be mastered

    9. On a pair ofordinary glasses is a squareof fine lines

      haha Google glasses perhaps?

    10. bareexistence

      Slightly unrelated but what would be considered bare existence? A time without technology? A directionless life in general? Maybe this is a bit too philosophical for this class haha