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Technology In Brave New World

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Technology often elicits imagery of lifeless, emotionless, and automated machinery. It is frequently viewed as a vehicle or weapon to oppress individuals and maintain conformity. Classic dystopian novels such as Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We depict the depraved uses of technology at the hands of the ruthless government. Such novels demonstrate the ability and versatility of technology to serve malign and immoral purposes, from depriving embryos of oxygen to create societal castes such as the Alphas and Betas in Brave New World to eliminating the imagination in the Great Operation of We. These horrifying depictions of technology’s applications perpetuate the perspective that technology is immoral. Despite this daunting …show more content…

Consequently, I arrived home each day from working in my family’s restaurant to log on to the computer and sought safety in its peaceful and tranquil hum, far away from the linguistic struggles and relentless bullying I encountered at school. While my peers primarily viewed technology as a tool for entertainment in the form of a GameCube or a GameBoy to distract them from the daily monotony of life, I perceived it as a source of infinite knowledge. Unlike my peers, I did not indulge in video games when I surfed the information superhighway. Instead, I perused videos on YouTube and read entries on Wikipedia, exploring the vast sea of human knowledge on the internet. Each day I would learn a new topic, absorbing each distinct fact that I found fascinating. Over the course of elementary school, I collected bits of information from various sources I visited, gaining a wealth of diverse information from history to the sciences. While I could not comprehend how it worked, I became captivated by the capacity of technology to deliver a colossal amount of information instantaneously to my computer screen. As a result, due to my childhood experiences and exploration with computers, I developed a profound and personal connection to …show more content…

I cherished its applications as I explored new technologies such as the iPhone and iOS. I became captivated by the versatility of technology and the progress that has occurred since the antiquated and archaic desktop tower in elementary school. Phone calls were replaced by Skype while shopping at retailers was replaced by sites like Amazon. The technology that I onced used to indulge in my intellectual interests was transformed into one with countless purposes. Consequently, I realized that technology contained multitudes of applications that transcended the realms of science and mathematics. I saw its tremendous influence in international and global affairs. For instance, the invention of Twitter and Facebook not only served as an instantaneous social platform for individuals to interact, but it also spread the flames of revolution in the Arab Spring. Dictators who viciously fought with deadly weapons now desperately attempted to shut down the seemingly harmless internet services in vain, attesting to the fact that technology has truly become influential beyond the realms of its usual applications. After witnessing these historical and monumental events unequivocally influenced by technology, I realized that I wanted to study computer science when I graduated high school. I was captivated by the ability of technology and computers to influence every facet of life, socially and

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