Today's LLA lecture was about the future of technology which was done separately from the Stream 2 students.The future vision he gave on technology was quite interesting. The four keywords presented were the following;
Genetic engineering
Robotics
Intelligence
Nanotechnology
Along with these keywords, three people who vision the future from different standpoints was introduced.
I don't think that our techno future will be neither hell nor heaven. From my opinion, people will be able to cope with innovation efficiently throughout time. So iRobots dominating humans in movies is most likely not happening.
Listening to this lecture really made me wonder what Rab would think about future technologies. Rab uses so much technology in education which I believe is a good thing. My work efficiency was surely brought up after learning from Rab. However, it kind of makes me wonder why his personal lifestyle is so far from technology. He lives in a log house with a non-flushing toilet surrounded with goats and other animals instead of robots. His career life looks pretty much pro-tech. On the other hand, his personal life seems to be based on con-tech ideas. Is Rab a techno-optimist or a techno-pessimist? It really made me wonder.
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