iGod Analysis

                Nicholas Carr in his article iGod is attempting to inform his readers about the future, specifically the future of technology and where that will take us. While Carr’s purpose is to inform us of the future he uses many relatable and present examples to keep us interested. He often uses the google founders in his examples, these examples are something that we can all relate to and something that we know very well. We may not know the founders themselves, but we do know the google the search engine and many of us know how incredible and inventive google can be. Carr’s examples are relatable, but they are also very informative and to a curious mind this can be a very powerful tool to engage his audience. The article is filled to the brim with interesting and engaging facts, but the problem with this tool is that it is double edged. The facts are interesting to a point and then from there they seem to get very repetitive, which makes them boring and could cause people to space out. I am only saying this because this is exactly what I did while reading the article at certain points. It at times was just too much information to handle, but Carr often found a way to rope you back in. When things started to get boring eventually there would come something that got the audience to pay attention once again. Carr did this with pathos, there are some predictions in his article made by him and others that are very worrisome to most humans because they imply huge changes. Most humans are afraid of change to some degree and predictions of machines becoming smarter than man can be very worrisome to pretty much anyone. Another way that he ropes his audience in is by answering questions. At times I found myself questioning what this prediction or that statement could mean for someone like me and Carr always related it back to the common man. He did an excellent job of answering the questions that came up in his article.