In this piece, I synthesize various sources discussing NASA's Voyager space mission, and the Golden Record time capsule, created by Carl Sagan, that was sent into space with it. This writing functions partially as a rhetorical analysis, while simultaneously examining the contents of the record, and the biases that contributed to their selection. Based on my analysis of the primary sources about the Golden Record and the Voyager mission, I concluded that the content selected showcased Sagan and the research teams' biases, which is also a larger-scale representation of humanity. Additionally, I assessed that the medium of communication, a binary set coded to the hydrogen atom, was a solid way to universally communicate with any other spacefaring species.
This reading response features analysis of two pieces discussing the technological developmentof the 1990s. In this response, I analyze and distill the ideas from the two articles to present their opposing viewpoints in an equal and academic fashion. Nardi and O’Day take a very optimistic view of technology, with firm beliefs in their abilities to understand it and use it for good. Dietrich contrasts this viewpoint, with his argument that all technological advancements introduce secondary costs that outweigh their benefits. In my analysis, I explain my personal viewpoint based on the information from the two articles, and I strike a middle ground between the divergent attitudes.
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