After our discussion in class I started to think about how much we rely on machines and technology everyday. Almost every person uses some form of machinal transportation everyday. Most of us drive our cars and some take the bus but we don’t really walk or ride our bikes to many places anymore. It is faster to just get in the car. The GPS in my car (which I use all the time because I can not follow directions to save myself) tells me exactly were to go and knows where I am and how to get me back on track if I take a wrong turn. We know longer need to know how to read a map.
In comparison to the Primer, my daughter has a devise that helps her to read the words that are in the book she wants to read. I really enjoy reading with her but when I get busy she like to play with her leapfrog so she can read to herself, she doesn’t really need me (or another human being) to read it to her, the computer can do it.
Doctors are now relying on robots for some surgeries. The doctor directs what the robot is doing, but how long do you think it will be before the robot can do the surgery without human direction.
Even the phone which has been around for many years has been improved to the point that it is wireless (we can talk to anyone anywhere), it can play music, has a calendar that appointments and special events can be entered into, can access the internet, check email, and so on. I know if I lost my phone I would be in big trouble because half my life is stored on it. It is kind of scary actually.
I think most of us rely on modern convinces and technology more then realize. I think it would be interesting for someone to conduct an experiment to see how a person could function with these convinces taken away. I think it would be very difficult now that we have gotten use to doing things the easy way.

I think we are always looking at how we can make things better and easier. Having a vacuum that runs without someone pushing it or phone that dials the number of a person just by voice activation are a few things that have already been invented. I wish I had a robot maid like Rosie in the Jetson’s or a car that could drive itself so that I didn‘t have to. But is there a point in which we can go to far. For example, the average person (like Bud in The Diamond Age) being able to have a gun surgically placed on the body (I believe it was placed in his forehead) and having vision enhanced to include sites for better target shooting. This might be a good thing for police or soldiers to have but once something is invented, it can not always be controlled. It will eventually get out into the general public.
I was impressed with the little bugs that Bud had placed in his muscles so that he didn’t have to actually exercise, I would like to be able to look great without excising too, but it is kind of creepy to think that little bugs things would be crawling around in your body. I also thought that the mattress making machine was pretty cool. I think I would love to have a machine that could make me new sheets, blankets, towels, and especially make me the clothes that I wanted without ever having to go to the store, try them on, and them return them when I decided that I didn’t really like it as much as I thought I did. I hate shopping, if I could just make want I wanted this easily at home I would love it!!!