Question

Please paraphrase the following passages:

1. “The process of adapting to new technologies is reflected in the changing metaphors we use to explain ourselves to ourselves. When the mechanical clock arrived, people began thinking of their brains as operating ‘like clockwork’. Today, in the age of software, we have come to think of them as operating ‘like computers’. But the changes, neuroscience tells us, go much deeper than the metaphor. Thanks to our brain’s plasticity, the adaptation occurs also at a biological level” (Carr 128).
2. “The aim of this book is to argue that Huxley was right, that the most significant threat posed by contemporary biotechnology is the possibility that it will alter human nature and thereby move us into a “posthuman” stage of history. This is important, I will argue, because human nature exists, is a meaningful concept, and has provided a stable continuity to our experience as a species” (Fukuyama 259).

Answer 1

"The way toward adjusting to new innovations is reflected in the changing representations we use to account for ourselves to ourselves.When the mechanical clock arrived,human beings began contemplating their brains as operating like 'clockwork'.Today , in the time of software,we have come to consider them working like 'computers'.But the changes,neuroscience lets us know, go a lot further than the anology.The adaptation happens at a biological stage,too,thanks to our brain plasticity". (Carr 128)

"The point of this book is to contend that Huxley was correct,that the most critical danger presented by contemporary biotechnology is the likelihood that it will change human instinct and along these lines move us into a "posthuman" phase of history.This is significant,iam going to say,because human nature exists, is a real construct,and our existence as a species has provided a consistent continuity." (fukuyama 259)