Different Insights of Science and Technology Science and technology have drastically changed over the years. However, in some circumstances change is not always considered to be positive. For example, science comes from the Latin word, scientia, meaning knowledge. The definition of scientia reveals the underlying meaning of what science really means. In certain situations, science has the power to regulate people’s lives because the regulators receive too much knowledge from science. Technology also has the power to mimic science in the way that it changes people’s lives negatively. A positive change is one in which it helps the people. Modern medicine displays this perfectly. Science gives knowledge to people, and technology gives them people the power to create medicine, which saves lives. On the contrary, science and technology also hinder lives in situations where they control the people. This hindering of lives is evident through 1984 and Fahrenheit 451. For instance, medicine has displayed the positive effects of
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Montag asks, “Will you turn the parlour off?” Mildred responds, “That’s my family” (Bradbury 93). In this book, a parlour is the same as a television. Technology has controlled Mildred so much that she claims the parlour is her family. Mildred is so obsessed with this piece of technology that she will not listen to her husband. She has more appreciation for her television than her actual family. In a similar situation, Montag thinks, “The mechanical hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse” (Bradbury 24). Technology made it possible to make a mechanical hound. This hound is always in a corner of the house and is watching over Montag’s every move. This is hindering Montag’s life because it is making it difficult for Montag to leave
Montag asks, “Will you turn the parlour off?” Mildred responds, “That’s my family” (Bradbury 93). In this book, a parlour is the same as a television. Technology has controlled Mildred so much that she claims the parlour is her family. Mildred is so obsessed with this piece of technology that she will not listen to her husband. She has more appreciation for her television than her actual family. In a similar situation, Montag thinks, “The mechanical hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse” (Bradbury 24). Technology made it possible to make a mechanical hound. This hound is always in a corner of the house and is watching over Montag’s every move. This is hindering Montag’s life because it is making it difficult for Montag to leave