Friday, November 18, 2011

98. History has recorded the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the Sexual Revolution.

“History has recorded the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the Sexual Revolution” (Northwestern). I think a war between the machinery and humankind will be the next great revolution, which can impact on me and the society. As technology and science develop and advance, many different kinds of robots or machines are all around people, and replacing people’s job in daily life. A main difference between robots and humans was that machines do not have any emotional feelings such as happiness and sadness before. However, robots nowadays can feel sad, mad, and happy about something that happened to them or that they saw or heard. Surprisingly, robots express their thoughts and emotions, and some can even do things that humans can not do. Actually, there are many films and literatures like Terminator, I-Robot and Matrix, which talk about machines overthrowing humans. For example, in There Will Come Soft Rains by Bradbury, humans developed the technology for themselves but, ironically, the technology does not care if humans are around to use its services, and just do what they were supposed to do. Brave New World is another example of a novel which has a similar concept as There Will Come Soft Rains, and shows how the technology controls the natural feelings or desires of humans. Just like the stories and movies, I have a strong feeling that robots that can feel, say, hear, see or smell will be invented by people in the future. The machinery may listen to what people say for awhile, but they will go against to humans or even will try to control humans, one day. The revolution will impact not only on me, but also on the society or maybe on the whole world. If the revolution actually occurs or the machinery wins, the humans will be controlled by robots, and it will change a lot of things such as life style, culture, religions and environment.

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