THE FUTURE:
A DYSTOPIA FOR SOME, A UTOPIA FOR OTHERS.
Throughout the time, we have been able to experience the advances in technology and in the way, we have been learning how to adapt to those changes. Technology has facilitated us, as society, many tasks, and I dare to say that the biggest one has been the forms of communication. At this point in history, the ways to communicate are many, and while some problems at communicating surge, its solutions appear.
There has been so much progress in the field of communication that, having the ease of communicating face to face, people prefer to chat with each other, call each other, etc. And what do I want to achieve with all this? To raise awareness over the fact that our society is leaving those human interactions aside, that human warmth that cannot be felt through the screen is possessing us.
In the book The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury we can see a prediction of what our future will be like. Full of addiction to screens and loss of human interaction. We can see in the story how the protagonist, Leonard Mead, constantly points out that the streets are alone, people are at home watching television and he feels melancholic because of his loneliness. And let's see, it is a bit extremist that there is no one in the streets, but is it so far from reality? I don't believe it.
For some, technology in the future will create a utopia, and for others it will create a dystopia. In my opinion, technology is an excellent tool to advance and develop in various fields, which would lead us to a utopia; However, its uncontrolled use will lead us to a dystopian world in which we will lose that humanity that characterizes us.
For this reason, I conclude my essay with the reflection that everything in excess has bad consequences. If we are not aware of the damage that excess technology has on us, we will end up living a sad and lonely life like that of Leonard Mead in The Pedestrian.
By: Isabella Botero Cortés, Step 11
