The World Is Changing

Topic: Technology

Technology is our greatest boon. I believe that we should pursue it at all costs. It is only out there to better our lives. Once something is discovered or invented, you cannot argue with it. You cannot argue that the sky is blue or that trees are green. There is no way around it. Science and technology affect our everyday lives whether we like to believe it or not.

To me, Bill Joy acts like he is very paranoid. He sees the advancing of technology like some kind of death sentence. One must think with an open mind about new things. Things around us are going to change and they may not be so bad. When things change people may be a little hesitant to accept them, but for the most part we all just jump on the bandwagon and go with it. Everyone has their own opinion about technology, but the media plays it up so well, that we just go out and buy that new gadget without even blinking. Almost everyone in America relies on cell phones, computers and cars and they are not taking over our lives.

I believe that in the future there will be robots in every household. Something that complex does not even begin to have a timetable attached to it. There are a lot of factors that go into technology like that. It just depends on who is willing to work on it. If you have a lot of people who do not agree on the robots, then they will not work on getting them into homes faster. Joy thinks that once robots are in every home then the human civilization as a whole will decline. I believe that they will be there to better our lives, not disrupt them. We will have more time to spend with our families and to not live our lives constantly working for that almighty dollar.

I definitely support the idea of expanding technology. I think that it will benefit all of us in one way or another. It just may take some people a little longer to get adjust to it, just like it took older generations to get hooked on cell phones. Technology is not bad, it’s just change and change can be a good thing.