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Summary Of Computers And The Pursuit Of Happiness By David Gelender

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In the reading “Computers and the Pursuit of Happiness” by David Gelender speaks about the new age and how this generation is adapting to the new computing needs for humans. The question that I choose to focus on in Gelenders reading is “Has an old age ended, and are we, thanks to computers and the internet, living in a new one?”. The answer that is quite simple due to natural and biological means. There is no way that the old age had ended, sure we have more information, but we still have to rely on our body to do many functions for us. Sure Computers will make our lives easier, but it won't create anything new that we don't already know. I am personally excited to see the future maybe this will change, maybe in the future we will have the

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