A Parasite Named Technology
Advancements in technology were expected to make life easier and more enjoyable, but it has brought mayhem and destruction to our basic fundamental human rights. “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury explores the futuristic world where a house goes about its daily routine on its own. “The Future of Luxury” by Hans Magnus Enzensberger introduces us to the conjecture of the future where concepts that were was a given are considered luxurious. Technological revolutions have condemned our environment. “The nursery walls glowed. Animals took shape; yellow giraffes, blue lions, pink antelopes, lilac panthers cavorting in crystal substances.” Bradbury’s version of the wild animals is simply unrealistic. The nursery is meant for a child, this child would grow up with false expectations of nature. The future of technology has altered the descriptions of the natural world “The Environment. That one can breathe the air and drink the water, …show more content…
“Still further over, their images burned on wood in one titanic instant, a small boy, hands flung into the air; higher up, the image of a thrown ball, and opposite him a girl, hands raised to catch a ball which never came down.” Bradbury’s world shows how technological advances on weaponry has claimed the lives of countless families including this one. These destructive weapons were meant to help prevent war and the needless loss of life. But they proved to do the exact opposite, annihilating a whole city. “Security. This is perhaps the most precarious of all luxury items. As the state has been less able to guarantee safety, the private demand for it has grown and driven the prices sky high.” Enzensberger states that we aren’t always safe and can’t always afford to be safe. These systems are all technologically based and shouldn’t always be depended upon. Our security being threatened affects all of our luxury items and
Advancements in technology were expected to make life easier and more enjoyable, but it has brought mayhem and destruction to our basic fundamental human rights. “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury explores the futuristic world where a house goes about its daily routine on its own. “The Future of Luxury” by Hans Magnus Enzensberger introduces us to the conjecture of the future where concepts that were was a given are considered luxurious. Technological revolutions have condemned our environment. “The nursery walls glowed. Animals took shape; yellow giraffes, blue lions, pink antelopes, lilac panthers cavorting in crystal substances.” Bradbury’s version of the wild animals is simply unrealistic. The nursery is meant for a child, this child would grow up with false expectations of nature. The future of technology has altered the descriptions of the natural world “The Environment. That one can breathe the air and drink the water, …show more content…
“Still further over, their images burned on wood in one titanic instant, a small boy, hands flung into the air; higher up, the image of a thrown ball, and opposite him a girl, hands raised to catch a ball which never came down.” Bradbury’s world shows how technological advances on weaponry has claimed the lives of countless families including this one. These destructive weapons were meant to help prevent war and the needless loss of life. But they proved to do the exact opposite, annihilating a whole city. “Security. This is perhaps the most precarious of all luxury items. As the state has been less able to guarantee safety, the private demand for it has grown and driven the prices sky high.” Enzensberger states that we aren’t always safe and can’t always afford to be safe. These systems are all technologically based and shouldn’t always be depended upon. Our security being threatened affects all of our luxury items and