http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/digital-humanities Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:49:31 -0400 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:49:31 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/550/reading-deeply-how-the-internet-may-limit-our-autonomy By Jesse A. Goldberg - Traditionally, human beings and tools are thought to be in a simple relationship with one another. All agency is located in the person, consequently making the human being the sole object of power which acts on its subject, the tool. As we move forward into an era of increasingly powerful digital technologies, this model has to be re-examined. Instead of a one-way relationship in which the human agent has total control as the sole actor and the tool is merely the object acted upon – a mere means to an end which the human agent has in mind, it would be more accurate today in the face of digital... Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/550/reading-deeply-how-the-internet-may-limit-our-autonomy