A scary future

"Before the Gulf War, it was even proposed that the computer would bring peace to the planet, since through electronic connectivity people would come to understand and love one another" (Fernadez).

While utopian ideals were very much popular in that time, people did not realize that it would be virtually impossible to achieve them.
History from then to now has proved this.

The computer is anything but peaceful.

1. the distribution of inappropriate material.
this has become a huge problem with the popularity of the internet as an information database and exchange mechanism. Disgusting things such as internet predators and child pornography are out there.

2. illegal activities
moving on from disgusting, illegal activities, other illegal activities are always taking place on the internet. identity theft, sharing files that are meant to be bought (music, movies, etc.), and more.

These are just few of the many examples that take place with technology nowadays.

That Fernadez proposed that our future will be run on electronics and technology is very scary.

It reminds me of the movie "Surrogates".




In the not too distant future, technology allows humans to live their lives through robots they call surrogates. Humans have in effect cocooned themselves in their homes, never venturing outside. Rather, they explore life through their surrogates who may or may not resemble them. Tom Greer and his partner Peters are FBI agents assigned to investigate the destruction of two surrogates that has also caused the unthinkable: the human hosts were also killed. The use of surrogates is not universally endorsed with some humans living in technology and machine-free zones. Led by a man called The Prophet, the fear is that they have put their hands on a weapon that would fundamentally change human society. Greer believes they have also put their hands on a weapon that could fundamentally change society, though he begins to wonder if that might be a good thing. Written by garykmcd

That's a summary of the movie.
What if our society is run exactly like that?
It virtually will take away HUMANITY.

I don't want to imagine a world like that...now..or never.