Hal's my main man.

Mr. Carr’s article was a fantastic read. I found myself executing exactly what Carr was informing and driving his conclusions to. Not only was I trying to find keywords and other significant signs indicating where the meat of the article was but also, discovering how impatient I am when it comes to devouring and consuming wholesome brain food. It seems that Carr creates an article founded on a hybrid combination of writing styles.  That at the foundation is an informative and comical view into his own evolving adaptation, while utilizing some pretty direct argumentative points to fill this article to the brim of too much uneasiness. Or perhaps, it’s my conscious reacting to the newly discovered gem hidden away in an ever changing and shifting landscape too grandeur to notice the truth.

Carr’s reference in the article of the classic sci-fi book and movie, 2001: Space Odyssey was some pretty serious eye candy for me.  Hal easily could have a place representing the top sci-fi villains of all time. Hal was made to perform with a multitude of duty and skills, and had the ability to understand emotions. Hal, in the hands of imperfect human ambition, is built to help man achieve greatness as Hal processes and performs the tasks that are too burdensome to man.  After some unfortunate events Hal, understanding the emotion of danger and threat, perceives that he is in danger of being switched off and chooses to preemptively defend himself against the men he was designed to protect and work with. That is the doubled edge sword that Carr is insisting that we are dealing with the risk of becoming too reliant on a new way of everyday life, while potentially forgetting some useful practical tools of the old system.

I, even in the situation of a phenomenon of Hal betraying his human companions, would still insist that technology is still a benefit to man.  Just as Socrates was a cautious man of writing, and other men of the printing press, man has still survived the blade that was prophesied to bring them to destruction. Sure, my attention span may have dwindled with using the Internet but just Carr reflected, maybe that is the system evolving. Maybe we are now designed to capture and consume the little gold nuggets of information rather than devour a 6-course meal and a fine desert of knowledge.

I feel that we are on a brink of a new frontier. As new technology is introduced into our diet I feel it is necessary to look endlessly at the pros and cons of this rapidly changing landscape.  I often have perceived that even though old systems and old ways become outdated and often die, it is sill important to remember how they work or how to find a way to access them. After all, where would the crew of The Next Generation be if they were stranded on an unknown planet without a replicator? Who would cook, Data? Would it then be bland soulless food? Of course, that setting is in a future where man has overcome the hump of politicians that determine how technology and data are viewed.