Roger Rosenblatt's "Why I Don't Compute".

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According to Roger Rosenblatt, in his article, "Why I Don't Compute", computers are not at all beneficial and can be harmful. He states that it is a slow method for writing, that it isolates people, and that it is not a good source for research. His article is almost completely misguiding besides his one semi good point. There are many different reasons that people find computers beneficial and Rosenblatt seemed not to try to address …

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…makes it seem like he is afraid of using a computer because he does not know much about them. This, therefore displays his stubbornness because he is criticizing something that he does not have much knowledge about in the first place. Work Cited "Bridging the Digital Divide": Network for Good. 2002. Time. 8 Apr. 2003. <http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/education/digitaldivide>. Rosenblatt, Roger. "Why I Don't Compute." The Conscious Reader. Ed. Caroline Shrodes. Massachusetts:2001. 531-533.