Argumentative Research Essay (100 points) in his book The Glass Cage: How Our Computers Are Changing Us, Nicholas Carr, an acclaimed writer on culture, business, and technology, discusses various aspects of automation and investigates its overall impact on human society as well as personal well-being. For this research paper, you will explore how technology affects human happiness/well-being. You can ask broader research questions, such as: Does technological unemployment pose a true danger to our society’s well-being? Alternatively, you can focus on a specific technology/platform—a self-driving car, a consumer drone, Facebook, etc.—to investigate how it influences human happiness/well-being.
