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The people in the underground society of “The Machine Stops” use technology in every aspects of their daily life. The people of the underground did not do anything for themselves. For example, food was brought to the people of the underground at the push of a button. The food was the same for all people and they did not see a problem with that. Medicine was also delivered to them. Instead of going to see a doctor or a doctor coming to them when the people were sick, they would push a button and whatever medicine they needed for their symptoms would appear. Another form of technology in daily life was the beds. Each bed was the same for each person. The beds were summoned when a person would push a button and the beds would come out of the wall. Daily life in today’s society has many of the same features. Food delivery services allow for people to have food brought to them rather than having to leave their homes. Medicine is used in a new form called telemedicine. This type of medicine allows for people today to tell a doctor their symptoms through technology and the medicine is brought to them. Unlike the people of “The Machine Stops,” beds in today’s society are being made in a variety of sizes to fit the needs of human sizes. Beds in today’s society have taken on many other technologies as well. For instance, companies now make beds that each person forms to their body and he or she decides how they want to sleep. …show more content…
Entertainment for the people of the underground was brought to them in the forms of music and computers. Music for the people of the underground was played through the machine. The people had no say in what music they listened too because it was the same for everyone. Computers also allowed the people to listen to the lectures given by the Machine repeatedly. In today’s society, entertainment by technology is used more than actually going out and doing activities. Music is listened to by everyone in today’s society. Many people in today’s society use music while doing basic things throughout the day. Computers in today’s society have taken over things that we certainly could do by ourselves. Entertainment in “The Machine Stops” and entertainment in today’s society are very similar in the way that technology is taking over our lives just like it has taken over that in the lives of the people of “The Machine