. According to the film Taken for a Ride, why did General

. According to the film Taken for a Ride, why did General

Markowitz, Gerald and Rosner, David, Chapter 1 of Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution (2002, 2012) (Available on Blackboard Learn in the additional readings folder)
Orr, David, “Technological Fundamentalism,” Conservation Biology 8 (1994): 335-337. (Available on Blackboard Learn in the additional readings folder)

Please watch the following:

Taken for a Ride, directed by Jim Klein (1996, New Day Films) (Shown in class and available on YouTube)
Modern Times, directed by Charles Chaplin (1936) (Opening scene shown in class)
Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang (1927) (Opening scene shown in class)

Based on the readings by Orr and Markowitz and Rosner, as well as the film Taken for a Ride and excerpts from the films Modern Times and Metropolis, as well as the in-class presentations, please address the following points in a well-written, 300-400 word essay (feel free to exceed that amount if you have more to say):
1. According to his essay on technological fundamentalism, why does David Orr believe that technological fundamentalism is dangerous? How do you imagine that Filippo Marinetti would respond to Orr’s argument?
2. According to the film Taken for a Ride, why did General Motors systematically engage in an effort to replace public rail transit with public bus and private auto transit?
3. Based on the chapter by Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner, why did General Motors (and industries with which they were associated) maintain that tetraethyl gas posed no public health threat? Why did they instigate legal action against those who offered evidence of the public danger of tetraethyl gas?
4. Opinion question (no right or wrong answer): Were there any scenes from the films Modern Times and Metropolis that reminded you of present-day society? That is to say, did you see any parallels between present-day society and the societies depicted in these two films? If so, please provide examples.
In this essay, as in all essays for this course, use examples from the readings and class lectures to support your arguments. When quoting text, always include the author’s name and page number where you found the quote. Feel free to bring in any outside sources you may have consulted for this response.

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