Aristotle identified the three critical elements in good communication. The three rhetorical strategies are ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is your credibility. The reason people should belief what you say. Pathos is making an emotional connection. The reason people believe what you say will matter to them. Logos is your mode for appealing to others of reason. Logic. Modern technology has fundamentally changed us. We have become too dependent on technology. Mostly, we don’t even realize the impact modern technology has on all of us. Technology has changed our perceptions in many ways. In “Automation Makes Us Dumb,” Nicholas Carr argues that advanced technology is taking over people’s jobs and people are becoming lazy to do their job. In “Data …show more content…
As statement “worrisome evidence suggests that our intelligence is withering as we become more dependent on the artificial variety” (Carr 4). He used the word “worrisome” to show the emotion of concern. Carr argues that people are being lazy and not doing their job. We have become too dependent on machines. This makes people appear dumbs and less capable. This a negative impact on people and people need to start worrying about saving their job. Schneier use pathos, this is scary to think that we’re under surveillance 24/7, no matter where you are. People need to be aware that the companies are invading their privacy, “which means they keep you under surveillance” (Schneier 4). They offer you many free services and apps. This is their way to collect your data. In conclusion, both authors used different rhetorical strategies in their articles. Carr's perspective believes that if we’re not too careful and depend too much on automation. We will become less capable. He believes if this happens, there will be more robots than us. Schneier claims that cell phones do not make us safe, and we need to do something about this. Both authors believe similarly about modern technology that we need to do something, not let technology take over