Man and Machines

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Graceby Richard BrautiganI like to think (andthe sooner the better!)of a cybernetic meadowwhere mammals and computerslive together in mutuallyprogramming harmonylike pure watertouching clear sky.I like to think(right now, please!)of a cybernetic forestfilled with pines and electronicswhere deer stroll peacefullypast computersas if they were flowerswith spinning blossoms.I like to think(it has to be!)of a cybernetic ecologywhere we are free of our laborsand joined back to nature,returned to our mammalbrothers and sisters,and all watched overby machines of loving grace. This poem contains three stanzas. What do you notice that the three stanzas have in common? Describe the world that Brautigan imagines in his poem. Use THREE pieces of evidence from the poem to support your description. Does the poem present this imaginary world in a positive or negative tone? Cite the evidence from the poem that supports your conclusion. Based on the poem, what do you think Brautigan would most likely say about the way people live with technology today? This question has two parts.Part 1: According to his poem, what is one way that Brautigan believes that technology will help humanity in the future? By providing clean water By doing people's work By developing new crops By caring for people's animals Part 2: Which of the following quotes from the poem best supports your answer to Part 1? “mammals and computers / live together in mutually / programming harmony” (4–6) “a cybernetic forest / filled with pines and electronics / where deer stroll peacefully” (11–13) “a cybernetic ecology / where we are free of our labors / and joined back to nature” (19–21) “returned to our mammal / brothers and sisters, / and all watched over / by machines of loving grace” (22–25) Read the passages from "Core of an Idea." Answer the questions that follow. Core of an Idea In 1974 Jobs took a job designing video games for Atari. According to his boss, Al Alcorn, Jobs just showed up one day at the Atari office in sandals and demanded to be hired. “I saw something in him,” Alcorn said. “He was very intelligent, enthusiastic, excited about tech.” Jobs worked on the circuit board for a game called Breakout. There, he was reunited with his old Hewlett-Packard friend Steve Wozniak. After Jobs took a trip to India that summer, the two began to get serious about the idea of starting their own company. They both attended meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club–a club for people who were interested in building homemade computers. In 1975 the first personal computer, the Altair, was released. It wasn’t much of a computer. It didn’t even come assembled and couldn’t do much. But its very existence inspired Jobs and Wozniak. What if they could build a computer that was easy to use and actually did something? Wozniak took the lead. He imagined a computer in which a monitor, a keyboard, and a processor were all part of the same unit. He got the parts he needed, wrote the code, and managed to produce a sort of working prototype (first version). Jobs was impressed. He suggested adding memory to the machine for data storage. He also brought a sense of business to the work, convincing Wozniak to sell the final product and using his natural talent for wheeling and dealing to find cheap parts to build more. And just like that, Jobs and Wozniak were on their way. To start their company, Jobs and Wozniak needed money. So Wozniak sold his high-end scientific calculator for $500. Jobs sold his car for $1,500. They pooled the money and dug in, building computers. All they needed was a company name. Jobs, by this time a vegetarian, often focused on eating only one food or group of foods for a long period of time. At the time, Jobs was eating mainly fruit. After a visit to an apple orchard, he suggested the name the company would take: Apple Computers. Jobs made the company’s first sale, to a small computer store called the Byte Shop. They had to produce fifty Apple I circuit boards to fill the order. Jobs and Wozniak enlisted any help they could get and got to work in the Jobses’ garage. Even Jobs’s very pregnant sister, Patty, pitched in. Paul Jobs was happy to move his used cars out of the garage, while Clara allowed her house to be taken over by the young computer-builders. It was a total team effort, and they managed to fill the order and claim their first real income–$15,000. Apple Computers was off and running. Which of the following did Steve Jobs do to collaborate with Wozniak in creating their first computer? Select all that apply. Obtained parts to build the prototype Suggested adding memory Suggested selling the final product Wrote the code Built the prototype Negotiated for cheap parts Which of the following did Steve Wozniak do to collaborate with Jobs in creating their first computer? Select all that apply. Obtained parts to build the prototype Suggested adding memory Suggested selling the final product Wrote the code Built the prototype Negotiated for cheap parts What was the inspiration for the name Apple Computers? Jobs's father suggested it. Jobs was obsessed with fruit. Jobs's niece loved apples. Jobs believed that everyone would recognize the fruit. What did each person contribute to the launch of Apple Computers? Steve Jobs Sold a car Steve Wozniak Sold a fancy scientific calculator Paul and Clara Jobs Provided a workplace