I-Robot?

Yes…That was a great movie, but that’s not what I’m writing about. I’m taking a class called Technology and Society, and mostly we discuss how the technologies of today are having such a huge impact on the world, and in all honesty, it’s kind of frightening. Don’t get me wrong, I think innovating new machines and new ways to make our lives easier is a great idea, but since taking this class, I’ve been thinking a new kind of way about technology.

 In today’s world, there is a machine for almost everything we do in life. Because of this huge increase in technology, the use of regular people with certain skills has become unnecessary. Many people who were skilled blacksmith or weavers for example, cannot find a job doing what they are good at because machines do that job a lot faster. Even if the human made product is better quality than the machine made one, we still sacrifice quality for quantity.

I mean just think about it for a second. Machines control almost every aspect we can think about. Money transactions, travel, security, growing and harvesting are food, all kinds of things. Even are missiles are controlled my machines. Is it just me, or does anyone think that machines have a little too much control over us.

Think back about 100 years ago. During the Fall season 100 years ago, it was considered the busiest time of the year. People had to harvest the food for the winter. Back then their were no refrigerators or freezes or anything like that. So people had to make sure they had enough food to last them thru the winter. However, with the invention of the refrigerator, people no longer had to worry bout food for the winter, and could harvest food without worries cause the food could be preserved for longer. Instead of the Fall being the busiest time of the year, Fall has now become a time to go out into the mountains and see the leaves fall of trees. Technology actually had an affect on the seasons.

It would be no surprise to me if in the future, people start to be combine with technology. Wait a second that’s right, IT’S ALREADY HAPPENING! People everyday are implanted with artificial hearts and limbs. Scientists are actually working on a chip that could be implanted into your skull and it would be your cell phone. I-Robot was a very cool movie, but how man of us would think it’s still cool if it actually came true?

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