Question

Write a letter to editor of a national daily expressing your opinion on the incresed human dependence on technology

Answer 1

It is apropos that such an essay on the promise and dangers of technological innovation would appear just days after the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Perhaps technology should be presented without “metaphysical baggage” or “religious ideas,” but I disagree with Mr. Lanier’s statement that we must “take responsibility for every task undertaken by a machine.”

When the automobile was created, none of the inventors could have foreseen the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico or the war in Iraq, both of which can be connected to our dependence on the internal combustion engine. It is impossible to take responsibility for our machines because it is not clear what the consequences of their inclusion into our lives will be.