Monday, February 4, 2008

Feed By M.T. Anderson

So far i have gotten to around page 40 in my book and so far it's been quite interesting.
The authors view of how life will be in the future is very different but also very possible.
We have become so reliant on computers and different forms of technology that the old ways we used
to do things will become quite foreign to us. In the book all the people live in space and have a kind of computer called a
feed implanted into their brain. They control the computer with their mind or rather the computer controls their mind.
Its hard to tell which. The news, what to wear and basically any question that they need answered is brought to them within a matter of seconds. The computer inside their head knows what they want before they do and its almost kinda scary. I mean when you think about it, is this really what our future is going to be like? A computer does the thinking for us. This cant possibly allow any creativity or individualism what so ever. Also the fact that in the future the government filters what goes through thier computers, basically filtering what they can think, and when someone thinks differently they "shut them off" like a piece of machinery it seems kind of scary. Is This what is gonna happen later on ? We are goin to become a bunch of mindless drones submiting to the government or rather forced to submit? Thats crazy. We can never let this happen.

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