Is the machine using us?

     Before we can determine if writing is a technology, we need to consider what exactly technology is. From what was said in class, technology is a tool used for communication. With a definition like that, I definitely would say writing is a technology. It is a powerful tool in that it can potentially make an emotional impact on the reader depending on how good the work is. What we write could also potentially change the reader's point of view and way of thinking. The simple tool of writing has no combined with complex use of internet and brings up the question "is the machine using us?" The machine definitely does use us in the fact that it uses our writing. We put our letters and punctuation into a computer's system in order to define the structure of a website and make that site exist. Yet at the same time, we also use the machine by using the internet and these site to gain more information and knowledge about all types of subjects. Our use for the machine is definitely much greater than the machine using us. At the end of the day, all those sites are being used for the people's benefits.