Jacob Sabins Date & Time Analysis Part II

In the second third of date and time, Phil Kaye touches on many topics, from depression to bullying and racism, his family's history and even the internet. The topics shared in the beginning are a foundation to what the rest of the book is based on, as Kaye throughout the book writes extensively on these topics and in the middle of the book, he introduces them all back when he was a young kid. Kaye brings up many topics that people today, especially young kids might experience as he believes that writing about personal experiences can help make reading more interesting and bridge the gap between the reader and the author.


I think one poem that really touched on me was “Numbers Man”, where Kaye impersonates a computer that is thinking to itself. At first the computer brings up basic search concepts such as music listened too, but as the poem goes on, the computer becomes more aware of its user, knowing more and more information. The computer starts to believe the ones and zeros that create things on itself is a second coming of god as anything the user wills it to do, it shall. Soon the computer recognizes that its users are dependent on it and it starts to go maniacal, knowing that the human will return. I think this poem poses many questions on how far the internet and technology has gone to where we as a society cannot function without it. The computer makes comparisons between the real world and the virtual world, describes how humans think the computer screen is reality, whereas the computer describes it as just ones and zeros.


Phil Kaye’s childhood was not all sunshine and roses as he grew up and while he may not have completely reconciled at the time what was going on, later in life, he was able to build on these experiences, which teaches us that no matter how bad you may have it in childhood, you can come out to be a successful person like he is today.


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