“Do you know what a Luddite is? That’s a person who doesn’t like newfangled contraptions. Contraptions like nuclear submarines armed with Poseidon missiles that have H-bombs in their warheads, and like computers that cheat you out of becoming. Bill Gates says, “Wait till you can see what your computer can become.” But it’s you who should be doing the becoming. What you can become is the miracle you were born to work—not the damn fool computer.”
Do I agree with this quote? Or do I disagree?
Well, in a way, I agree, and then again I don't. I believe that technology is very important. Its a new age that we are in, and pretty much everything we do has to do with technology. Advertising, School, Banking, Economy, Music, Sports, etc. If we decide to completely eradicate technology...well...Life itself wouldnt be possible. We rely so much on computers these days. But, I also think that what Kurt Vonnegut says is true! The human race cannot allow itself to get to the point that computers will take over our lives completely. The extremes depicted in Harrison Bergeron are very unpleasant to me, and I hate for society to turn up that way. Also, the Euphio Question depicts a sound, becoming a sort of addictive drug. Even if we found something like that, releasing it into the public is deadly.
To summarize this post, I believe that the human race can't go overboard with technology and let it rule us. We must rule it. But, not all technology right now is necessarily bad, and I think its a must for humans to have it.
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