The start of the group presentations was truly intriguing. A few unique ideas were put forth making the future a very exciting prospect, from 3D animation to genetic warfare. However I thought it would be nice to present the other side of it.
What was particularly interesting was perhaps sports technology. It has really revolutionized the way sports are played today. Swimming with state of the art swim gear, is that a true test of your talent? And if you allow the wearing of this swimsuits, then what difference does it make, the fastest swimmer before will still be the fastest swimmer now if everyone wears it. The only difference is the time set. If I wanted to see who could reach such lighting speed timings, I would rather just race speedboats. Sometimes, the presence of technological advancements is redundant. Just because the can do it does not mean that it is necessary. Sport is about passion and determination. Yes if you can use technology to improve fine but Sports should be focused around the technological breakthroughs. I love playing soccer and sure it’s fine if they develop boots to make you run faster. However if they develop soccer boots that can eventually transmit virtual imaging of a scope so you can better aim and shoot the ball then it’ll defeat the purpose of soccer being a sport about skill. Sadly that is what I envision happening because we will have the capability to do it. While I appreciate the technological advancement I appreciate being human more.
Killing someone that has a certain genetic make-up. I can’t believe it has come to that. Yes it’s fantastic that with this we can minimize the collateral damage. However is this where we are going at as citizens of this world. Centuries of violence, disputes and disagreements and rather then learning to evolve into people of peace, we shift our focus on minimizing the damage to our friends but maximizing the damage to our enemies. I feel that they more we have the ability to create such weapons the harder it will be to search for peace. Perhaps these weapons will be like Nuclear weapons where we might never have to use it but the paranoia that results from having weapons like these in your arsenal can be just as dangerous.
I have many positive views as well. However I felt that maybe showing a little of the negative light would provide a more balance argument.
Overall it was an interesting lesson filled with thought provoking ideas. Hopefully we can carry it on into the next lesson.
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