Fear Technology

Today went gym with Kenny and Jeff! Feels good to do a long run and various exercises to keep my body fit! On the way to Parkway Parade for lunch, they were discussing about how Earth can be protected by the sun. Their idea was to put solar panels around the planet, and a glass dome which provides us with air-condition. They mentioned it will also help to give us shade from the sun, which my first thought was, didn't someone umbrellas? And then came the thought.

Do you remember the movie Wall-E? The small robot who looked so cute roaming around the future Earth. In the movie, humans were all obese because technology made Life so convenient that food would appear so easily, socialising could be done without having to meet face-to-face, and walking was no longer needed. Because of technology, humans were pampered and our species became the next pigs. Sure, now it seems technology does not seem to affect us in that manner, but we are somewhat heading that direction. More MRT stations are appearing around Singapore (which helps to reduce car population on the roads, yet means we walk less), computers have online socialising programs like Skype for people to chat, people can do their work from home (heck, even kids can study from school, eg. E-learning)... We are relying on technology too much, expecting it to make our lives more convenient. But we can never be satisfied until we end up like those pigs in Wall-E. Trust me, humans will not know when to draw the line between "useful for us" and "do everything for us". Imagine, people in the past would be glad to have umbrellas to provide shade from the sun, yet now we wish for something better than umbrellas.

Do you all recall the advertisement in cinemas before a movie starts, which discourages piracy? It's about a boy who never knew what a cinema was, because everyone kept downloading movies. Today on the bus I saw this man sitting a few rows in front of me looking through some recently developed photos. That made me realised: when was the last time I ever touched a developed photo? Nowadays, photos are snapped with a digital camera, which is plugged into the computer, and sent to others or uploaded on sites like Facebook. Seldom do we bother developing photos and putting them into albums for memory sake anymore. Honestly, when was your most recent photo album developed? How many years ago? Heck, even my modelling portfolio is a CD. We enjoy how good technology has made our lives become, but I'd really enjoy holding a photo album of my happy times then turning on the computer just to browse them.

When people say that  "machines will rule the world", it's not because they become intelligent lifeforms and invade us, but rather because we fall at the hands of human laziness and over-reliance on machines...

Tried watching TBBT, but again I did not enjoy the show. The jokes related to stuff I had no idea what they were. Like the episode I watched. The 4 geeks were sitting at the restaurant that Penny worked at, and were discussing some battle. All the armies they mentioned left me clueless. All I understood was Superman, Godzilla and the Hulk. Sure, call me stupid for being unable to understand the jokes, but I'm smart enough to prefer humor not requiring brains. Gosh, television is for enjoyment! If I wanted to think I'd go look at stocks on television. HIMYM ftw!



They say bad things happen for a reason
But no wise words' gonna stop the bleeding


~ The Script - Breakeven