Thursday October 8, 2009
2009, by now I’ve always thought that there would be flying cars and robot helpers everywhere. It is coming close to the future and I strongly feel that machines aren’t as cool as they people think they are. We humans create and build machines that make our jobs easier and faster, like the computer or the vehicles that drive us to and from different places. Back in the day, people would hand write letters to each other, now letters became faster with the making of the email. Now we can send mass emails to whoever we want anywhere in the world. Vehicles were made so people didn’t have to walk. People start to become lazy and rely on these creations to make our lives a bit easier. It feels as if we take these machines for granted, even though they are not living.
I view the future to be somewhat like the movie “Wall-e.” People forget the true meaning of living that they get caught up in living easily without having to lift a finger, and you see society increase in obesity. Throughout the movie the humans realizes that the only thing that would make them “live” again was to get the last piece of nature that was left. This shows us that if we let technology take over us, we might not have control over them anymore. Plus, this movie shows that nature is really important for us. It’s our way of living and we should always keep in our minds to take care of earth. It’s the only thing that gives us life, so if we continue to create objects for an “easier” future, what would become of us?
Barbara Allen stated that “technology is rapidly changing. It changes so rapidly that what is current one year maybe obsolete the next.”
Creation of technology is not all a bad thing; it just seems to evolve so fast that it makes you wonder what would come out of it in a few years from now, it’s somewhat scary to think about. I believe that inventors should be able to create something that can help the earth become a better place for everyone. They should be more focused into designing something useful for the environment, not upgrading the latest functions on an ipod.
It was assured that “Architecture schools need to teach social, cultural and political nature of technology as it shapes and is shaped by the built environment. Students should be given basic tools of analysis needed to assess technology in more than instrumental terms thus becoming more effective designers and citizens in the complex world in which we live in.”
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