Speech - Technology exceeding humanity - Da Seul

(Original question - IB Companion Pg 71)

Technology, which the world is depending on. Technology, which has changed our lifestyles so much ever since we acknowledged its existence. Technology, which is now destroying us all by taking over our lives so that we are no longer able to continue without it, damaging the society and slowly drowning the term ‘humanity’ under metal pieces that could kill us all but yet also has the power to save us all.

Technology today has improved our lives a lot. We no loner keep horses as a method of transportation, no longer eat raw meat or go out hunting for bears with green leaves around our waists. We even live longer! As soon as technology stepped in, everything was suddenly manageable and achievable with the tiniest bits of effort. Technology was like a ray of light shining from a dark space.

However, that ray of light has turned into the monstrous fire which is now scattered around everywhere, demanding to destroy us all. We have created stoves and microwaves to create us food but at the same time we have created bombs, guns and cigarettes. We created cars to not only provide us transportation, but we created something much more - car accidents are the most common cause of human death today, not to even mention the amount of pollution it causes. We created a miracle called the internet - a miracle which could verbally kill people and put them through hundreds and thousands of people’s judgements. Cyber bullying and ‘freedom of speech’ is getting out of hand.

What happened to humanity? Why aren’t we all friendly neighbours anymore? Why are we all busy taking photographs and videos when someone is dying right in front of us out of car crash? Why are we murdering each other while hiding behind anonymity?

This is unacceptable. Extremely unacceptable.

Technology is going to end us all in miserable forms if we do not gain control over it and let it gain control over us. Soon we will all be facing the terrible result which is caused by what we created. Do not forget that we created the miracle to make our lives better, not worse.

Remember, comrades. Remember.