this is the essay on brave new world
While i was reading the essay i found it was very clear to what the writer wanted me to know. It was almost obvious that the writer was talking about how technology affects the world we live in, also our aspiration for newer,better and nicer things. It talked about things like technology taking over religion, and the aspiration for progress. Which reminded me of all of our lovely class lectures about progress and striving for the perfect world. The one term it uses is technopoly, meaning when technology is the main concern or the surrender of culture to technology. This is a very popular idea that has been expressed through movies such as "terminator". Which was the first thing that came to my mind when i heard the term. Except that it is different, the machines aren't taking us over, their just our main concern, the machines and how they affect our economy. It also said things about getting rid of repairing and only buying new things, striving for improvement or the old and irrelivant. Which reminds me of how i take fancy things i own. Example being when i brake my xbox or my ipod....i want a new one. However other things i take on differently such as if i were to rip my shoes or something not technological id much rather try to fix it then get something new. This makes it seem the writer is writing to anyone who enjoys nice technology. In that case, men. Another thing the essay speaks of is the way students are taught in school. Being taught there is only one answer. Another subject that has come up in our awesome class lectures. Relating to when the writer speaks of the machines being single purpose machines to perform a single task each. The reoccuring idea is that we keep inventing things to improve our daily lives and our economy.
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