Ray Bradbury is quoted for the following:
"After all, a computer is a book, and a long-playing record is a book--they just have different shapes. It doesn't matter where you get your knowledge, as long as you get it. You can get it from a wonderful motion picture, you can get it from a book of poetry, and you can get it from all the great audio discs and tapes that are being made. Those are all books, and people shouldn't mistake the shape." Do you agree with what Bradbury has to say about books and knowledge? Argue for or against his position, referencing specific pieces of the quote in your writing. You are now taking a virtual class--was Bradbury a fortune teller? ;) Try and think of all the books you've read throughout your life. Remember when reading was fun? But what kind of reading do you like to do outside of "books"? Is digital media making books obsolete? If all reading is knowledge, how is every piece of reading like a book? Respond with your thoughts in 7-10+ sentences.
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Daisy Martinez
1/19/2016 02:21:11 pm
In response to if I personally agree or disagree to Ray Bradbury's opinion on books and knowledge, I can honestly say I agree. In this modern day and age, you can learn just about anything in the world with just a click of a button. Television networks stream live news to many homes, informing families of natural disasters, new discoveries and weather; in other cases, the television news might inform families of the news in different parts of the world. Radios are also another form of communication, that spreads news throughout the world. Radio stations broadcast traffic issues, amber alerts, even political news. Owning any type of technology, whether it be a phone or computer, gains anyone access to knowledge online. Even now, in this class, we use technology to get our education. Knowledge was originally granted through books, but over time knowledge has become more accessible.
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Lani Bonot
1/24/2016 07:19:15 pm
When it comes to the 21st century, paper books seem almost primitive do to the different outlets we have for knowledge and education. I completely agree with Bradbury. In fact, with learning that he expressed those kind of views, I'm almost excited to be able to prove him right. Most of the time, the way I learn about the world is through music. The way people express their opinions, address world problems or even portray a story, heartbreak, etc. is in itself poetic. You can abuse technology just as much as you can abuse the pages of a book. You can degrade the pages by scribbling nonsense just as much as you can flood the internet with "trolling." It's just a matter of how you view, treat, and use it. It's our responsibility to know.
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Amanda Cadena
8/18/2016 07:43:00 pm
I don't completely agree with Bradbury but I do agree that wherever you read something, it can be a book. He says a computer is a book, but I don't believe it is, it has books in it, but not the computer itself is one. He also mentions that a playing record is a book, and at first I disagreed until I realized that it's telling you a story, similar to how someone can be telling you a story from a book, so in this case you can compare the record to a book by someone reading it to you, but even if you're not the one reading it, doesn't mean it isn't a book. Lastly he says that it doesn't matter where you get information from, as long as you get it, it's a book, I strongly disagree with him there because that's basically saying that people can be books-which they are not.
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Jerry Rodriguez
8/20/2016 03:07:01 pm
If you were to take his words in in a literal sense you'd easily get the impression that this man has clearly lost it. Thankfully this wasn't intended to be taken in that manner since, as a writer, he would rather provoke thought through figurative language rather than making a direct point. For the most part, I can definitely say that I agree with what he has to say. Knowledge is important and can be found wherever you look for it. However, the line "It doesn't matter where you get your knowledge, as long as you get it" is flawed. Lies are all to common and can definitely be in any form of writing or speech in order to mislead the reader and twist their opinion on a subject. You should always be careful with what and who you believe.
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Genet Carter
8/22/2017 02:16:45 pm
I disagree, and agree. Knowledge can be obtained through many differnt ways. You have senses so you can learn. Every day if you know it or not you learn. The computer is a from of holding knowledge just like a book. A book is s form so knowledge that once made cant change, but their personal you can feel the infomation and over time people will add thier thoughts and personality to the pages. A record, cd, tape, or download is nearly the same as a book every time you read or listen theres a new meaning, but a record is forever stuck you cant add info unless you lay down any other track or recording over it, however that makes a completly new record. A computer constantly gets knew info never stops learning and teaching like a person.
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Allen Rubio Lopez
8/27/2019 06:09:25 pm
If you were to take his words in in a literal sense you'd easily get the impression that this man has clearly lost it. Thankfully this wasn't intended to be taken in that manner since, as a writer, he would rather provoke thought through figurative language rather than making a direct point. For the most part, I can agree with what he has to say. Knowledge is important and can be found wherever you look for it. However, the line "It doesn't matter where you get your knowledge, as long as you get it" is flawed. Lies are all to common and can definitely be in any form of writing or speech in order to mislead the reader and twist their opinion on a subject. You should always be careful with what and who you believe.
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Eric Gylling
3/9/2020 07:54:53 pm
I would say yes I would have to agree with this statement. one reason is if you want some information and you know where to look it will most likely be a more viable option. as such the Internet is just an endless pool of knowledge to which you can just look up and you would instantly find the results you are looking for. as an example most of the media can have some sort of knowledge hidden in it if you look hard enough. Being in this day in age or wear technologies essentially making books slightly obsolete because of how convenient it is and how much information that said technology can hold. Other than that reading and listening to music is also away to put your mind in a different perspective. Music is also another form to escape reality almost like a safe haven.
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arianna alvarez
8/20/2020 07:54:21 am
Yes, i agree with his statement one hundred percent. There are now so many different ways to get the information that you need. There are so many viable sources. As of now i believe that people aren’t relying on books as much as technology anymore because the time that we are in. I also believe that there can be some false information online but there are ways to know what’s real and what’s fake. Many people may say that books will always be superior to technology but in this day and age technology is way is more reasonable. You’ll always get your knowledge one way or another.
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Angelina Nevarez
8/27/2020 11:45:07 am
In response to Ray Bradburys' quote, I can not say I completely agree with him. Yes, you can receive knowledge in multiple ways, but these modern ways have made society lazy. Instead of having to read through a book to find an answer, you can find it in seconds with a click of a button. It is a faster way of receiving information but I feel as if you aren't using your brain as much. "It doesn't matter where you get your knowledge, as long as you get it" I disagree with this line because it does matter where you get it, you CAN receive knowledge in many ways but, they all don't compare to a book. For example, during a class lesson you are gaining knowledge through the class discussions but, I wouldn't compare that to a book.
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Jimena Gomez
8/27/2020 06:24:12 pm
I would have to say that I disagree. Because a computer is not a book, the computer has true and false information unlike in the old days people only had books which they believe it’s true on what the book says. But also people now don’t really read books anymore because they have technology which they can find answers faster than a book. Books would take more time to find your answer but computers will have your answers faster and if you need more information about your answer you have to look on other websites that it gives you. Books don’t give you other sites like computer’s do. People now can look on a computer if the answer is true or false. Otherwise, I disagree with Ray Bradbury quote.
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Michael thiem
8/15/2022 10:22:14 am
I agree with Bradbury because you can look up books and read the book on the computer. Now a days there are book reading websites and links you can click on to read books. You can also make a movie in your head like your watching the movie itself. I don't think it matters if you are on a computer or book because you're still reading. The important thing is that it's still knowledge. Course there are things wrong with this like how a book is portable and with a computer you can change the letter size and how you can fine a book without getting up or away from the bed, seat, bathroom, and more. This is why I agree with Bradbury .
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Emmanuel Farias
8/29/2022 10:02:48 am
I agree with Ray Bradbury. I agree with him because books are becoming obsolete. Everything is on the internet nowadays books, news, social media, you don't need an encyclopedia if you have a phone or a computer. To me reading was never fun it was always boring, it still is. When a book has interesting pictures maybe I'll read it.
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emmanuel farias
8/29/2022 10:15:14 am
I also think that all reading is knowledge, because your reading something and learning about the book or article or whatever your reading. Whenever you read you are gaining knowledge about you didn't know or never read about. Every piece if reading is like a book if your reading an article you are reading a book, it may not be called a book but it's a book.
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Jorge
8/14/2023 10:22:00 am
I agree with Ray Bradbury. I agree with him because books are becoming vurtial. Everything is on the internet nowadays books, news, social media etc, you don't need an encyclopedia if you have a phone or a computer. To me reading was never fun it was always boring, it still is. When a book has interesting pictures maybe I'll read it.
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Lilia Nicanor
8/14/2023 10:09:45 pm
I am personally divided with Rad Bradbury for a few reasons.. I believe a person never stops learning especially with unlimited resources online and in books. I also think that sometimes when transferring one source to another it can sometimes get misinterpreted.
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Lilliana Villa
8/31/2023 06:36:41 pm
Yes i agree with Ray Bradbury because books are about knowledge and stories. You can gain knowledge from a computer and records. Nowadays books are available on computers, computers hold a bunch of information.Even motion pictures can tell it’s own story. Books come in all different shapes. I can recall when I was excited to read, I would read all the time. Yes I think digital media is making books obsolete because books are slowly becoming less popular. Every piece of reading is like a book because everything you read grants you more knowledge.
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