In this chapter, Mitcham builds upon the ideal that humanity would be nowhere without technology. He essentially compares the ancient man to ancient tools initially, before developing philosophical reasons why he believes this. Overall the chapter kind of made sense, though most of the time, philosophy does because of its nature. Its entirely opinion, but what he’s saying is that there would be no humanity without tool or technology. Think about what separates the human race from the rest of the animal world. Other than thumbs, we as human beings have the ability to problem solve and create solutions unlike any animal ever has. That’s why our race is so successful and that’s what Mitcham believes that as a race, we would not have a humanity as we know it without technology. As you can probably tell from my dialogue, I agree with the author. It makes entirely to much sense not to agree. If there were no technology, we would be just like every other animal in the circle of life, with some other predator ready to eat us. I also like his take on the difference between an engineer, scientist, technician, and craftsman. As an engineer, I take pride in not putting forth any manual labor and just using the brain. I didn’t mind this chapter, though like the rest, could of most definitely been summed up into a couple pages instead of twenty.
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