Exercises (200 points)

Short essays (2-3 pages), more formal than an in-class response paper, but not as formal as a research paper.

You are welcome to use "I" and refer informally to things we have discussed in class, but

• choose a specific thesis to defend
• quote assigned readings directly and usefully
• outside research is welcome, but optional
  
• follow MLA style (including a Works Cited list)
  

• Ex1: Of Memory and Knowledge in the Classical Era
• Ex2: Of Scarcity and Knowledge in the Medieval Era
  
• Ex3: Of Accuracy and Knowledge in the Mechanical Era
• Ex4: Of Interaction and Knowledge in the Amazon/Google Era
  
• Ex5: Of Emergence and Knowledge in the [??] Era