(10-12-2010, 02:00 PM)Fragma Wrote: Lol you've totally taken what I've said out of proportion.. Yes technology is already pretty much everywhere but if you start replacing things like books in school for electronic devices, in my opinion, that's taking things a bit to far. I can see the benefits but I hope in the future we aren't totally reliant upon technology...
I did so to prove a point. Technological advances occur to improve our standard of living.
Prior to the advent of the light bulb homes had to be entirely lit by candles at night. The likelihood of house fires was exponentially higher then than it was after light bulbs became the norm.
Candles are nice and they aren't going anywhere. But people don't light their homes with them anymore. Not in any normal circumstances anyways. The same will be true of books eventually. They'll still exist but they will be a novelty item, similar to candles. Thomas Edison once said, "We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles." As has been proven time and time again with other advances, this will eventually happen to books.
Technology isn't something that should be feared. It's not some flimsy idea that could disappear erratically. We already are reliant on it so there's no reason to worry about that. There are only benefits to be gained by moving into newer, clean technology and out of the current harmful and destructive means we employ now.
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