June 4th A Look into the Future

 Although today's LLA lecture was not by Rab, it was veryveryvery interesting.

The development of technology has allowed us to achieve things we'd never even dreamed of in the past. Even the iMac I am using right now in order to write this blog used to be as huge as one that would almost fit in the crappy room we use for wednesday classes. Just like computers, inventions allow us to live a more efficient and convenient life. However, at the same time some of these inventions and developments may end up becoming a total threat to our lives. For instance, we are mortal. That's our most human trait. However, if scientists start coming up with a way to live forever or a way to cure all diseases then I think the whole issue becomes a bit tricky. Indeed it would be amazing if we could cure all diseases but speaking as a person who's lost a loved one to cancer, defying death seems like you're defying the fact that you're human.  I don't even understand why I feel that way so it's rather difficult to explain but basically what I am trying to say is that at some point, all of these inventions will lead to a world where we are denying and defying our most human ways. 

The whole lecture reminded me of a movie I watched a long time ago. It was called 'Bicentennial Man.' 

The main character is a robot who is destined to live forever. However, when he witnesses all of his loved ones dying, he lastly decided to break his chord or something to end his 'life.' 

I think the future lies on whether we will be able to think before we act. When nuclear was invented we couldn't think that it would have the power to kill so many people at once. We weren't thinking. If we are able to predict and be critical thinkers as much as we are able to invent then the future will be a lot brighter than Francis Fukuyama and Bill joy make it out to be.

http://www.usrepresented.com/2013/02/01/are-you-for-or-against-future/