Call me crazy, call me kooky, call me a monkey's uncle, but I think people need to rethink where they're focusing technology advances. We've disabled our space program due to budget cuts, and yet things like the sequel to the Google Glass are already in production. Why do we need glasses that double as smartphones in the first place? All that would accomplish is distracting us from what we see in front of us unavoidably as opposed to forcing us to look at a phone. Are we really that lazy? UGH.
Seriously, I've seen so many sci-fi and drama shows where the tech we have on Earth is incredibly more advanced than it is now, but we STILL haven't left the planet. Even in superhero mediums, a satellite can be easily set up in space but no one bothers to leave the planet to live on the moon and whatnot. We're grounded, quite literally, in the belief that where we are is the best place to be. No if's, and's, or but's.
I personally think that we should take a break from making the best phone, making the best car, or making the best weight loss program. Some of the money from each of that to getting us back in space. I'm not saying we should achieve warp 1 speed by 2063, like what happened in Star Trek: First Contact, but at least we should have something other than the ISS out there. We need to stop looking down to the ground and start looking up to the sky again. (And hopefully not say "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman!" since that would be too cliché'd for even me.)
Tuvya- It sounds like you think that technology and social media have gone too far and we are neglecting other things that could be more important. What have we done in class that makes you think this?
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