Effects Technology
...ges for browsing. Thousands upon thousands of books are being scanned to PDF files to help people cope with whatever new electronic gizmo has just come on the market. Whatever the new trend is, the consumer has got to have it; we lust for upgrades. For this purpose I decided to create two contrasting poems. The first one is cynical forecast of a perverse future; one of nothingness. I tried to explore from the perspective of someone who has become disillusioned with the invasive presence of technology. For the second poem I imagined myself without technology, how my life would be different, worse, less civilized, etc. It’s unquestionable we rely on technology. We look to it for growth, for comfort, for reliability. In these purposes technology can greatly aid mankind. If it wasn’t for our technological advances, we wouldn’t be able to treat cancer, or fight diabetes, or diagnose new diseases. Our average life expectancy rate has nearly doubled in over the last two centuries. Without technology we cannot flourish, we can’t strive for growth or improvement. On the other hand however, at what point do we become overly reliant? The argument is easily made that we have become a civilization growing more lethargic by the day. If we have computers and robots to delegate our tasks to then why should we work? This is the mindset that is negatively affected by technology. Ironically it is also technology that has granted us unfathomable power to attack and decimate each other. Our nuclear technology has put all of humanity, and the Earth itself, on a trip line to Armageddon. And our industrial technology has brought humanity face to face with the first truly global environmental crisis in recorded history. Despite it’s undeniable reaches there’s one thing technology cannot harness, the energy or life of a human soul. This theme was explored in depth in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. No matter ...