Modern Technology

[Japut3h]

Think about the story of Adam and Eve for a second (no, i don't believe in it, i just think it's a nice metaphor): An age of bliss and prosperity ended because of an apple. An apple that someone took a bite of.

Here is the logo of the company that sold the first computer:

I don't believe in the conspiracy shit that is served daily on the internet, but this makes me wonder if modern technology will be the cause of an apocalypse, or at least a change to the worse. There's about a thousand ways for technology to screw up mankind. Not now, but as the advancement continues, the possibilities open.

Not, I'm not saying that modern technology will kill us all. I just want to know what you think. Many cultures ended in their peak, and ours can and probably will too.

 

[TDR]

you just saw Terminator recently or something?

 

[Japut3h]

Nah, i just thought about the apple thing. I'm not necessarily talking about a Terminator - styled apocalypse.

Technology might advance so much that society stops having social lives, and start satisfying all their needs with technology. This one's practically started already.

Technology might advance so much that if it one day crashes, people are so addicted and in need of it that they are completely incompetent to do anything without it.

Technology might kill us all, I'm talking about the advancement of weaponry.

Technology might go wrong and kill us all, I'm talking about something like the new atom smasher. No, that one will not kill us, but similar experiments could go wrong.

That's four out of about one hundred.

 

[brad.dude03]

I like technology as it is, if it kills us, it shouldn't be for a long time down the road, so I don't really care

 

[Hakeem]

Technology might advance so much that society stops having social lives, and start satisfying all their needs with technology. This one's practically started already.

I deem this impossible. People are social creatures, most of us need other people.

Technology might advance so much that if it one day crashes,

The entirety of technology does not simply crash.

people are so addicted and in need of it that they are completely incompetent to do anything without it.

They'll learn fast.

Technology might kill us all, I'm talking about the advancement of weaponry.

Notice how we've had nukes for 60 years and haven't used them in war?
Yeah, that's because we know that it's a suicide move.

Technology might go wrong and kill us all, I'm talking about something like the new atom smasher. No, that one will not kill us, but similar experiments could go wrong.

If an unimaginably small piece of subatomic energy were able to destroy us all, don't you think it would have happened already?

I like technology as it is, if it kills us, it shouldn't be for a long time down the road, so I don't really care

You lazy bastard. I bet you'll change your tune when you have kids and they complain to you about the crappy world you're giving them.

This isn't one we can help our children with, so you get a pass for now.

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Japut3h didn't saw Terminator, he saw I, Robot..


But seriously, the most powerfull computer in the world is in fact..

The brain.

 

[Japut3h]

I stopped watching I, Robot when they crammed the 20th commercial down my throat. So no, didn't watch it.

And Hakeem, what i said is technically possible. The odds are small, but you can't prove that it won't happen.

Anyway, i don't think it will happen, the point of this thread is to see if people consider modern technology as a possible cause of a downfall.

 

[The_wand_mirror]

Yeah soon people will be ashamed if they're computer is naked, and dress them up.

 

[Zombie]

I don't beleive modern technology will end us. Not literally at least. Soon, the struggle for minerals, oil and water will begin and people will be slaughtering each other with these ultra-modern and unnaturally overpowerful weapons.

AI won't end us either. Even if they develop it, I'm sure they'll find a way to keep it under control.

 

[Dumblor]

Humans where, well, let's say gifted with brains and used it for egoistic reasons really... I wonder how many americans know how much of Lead they have in the air of major cities because of the greedy bastards (don't remember the year really, but I think that was '50 maybe) that sold cars (knowing about it) that spitted out lead....

 

[FreshMobster]

CAPOW! Imma divide this thread by zero and 'cause a BSOD! - That's how Technology will fail.

 

[Steel_Stallion]

Are you people serious with these threads? Stop worrying about the end of the world!

And I hate how Hakeem always dismantles posts like that....

 

[Ash]

I tl;dr'd most of this thread because I thought something was lulzy enough to be focused on.

you just saw Terminator recently or something?

Nah, i just thought about the apple thing.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Since when was the forbidden fruit an apple? Last I heard, that was pure fanon.

 

[brad.dude03]

One of many fanon additions to Genesis.

 

[TheDivineBoss]

This is what I think of Apple:

 

[Japut3h]

Since when was the forbidden fruit an apple? Last I heard, that was pure fanon.

Yeah, but it's been around for a while, and it's been pictured as an apple almost everywhere.

 

[annoying]

I agree with whoever said that tech isn't going to have time to destroy us, that we'll run out of resources and start killing each other before that happens.

 

[Maedh]

I agree with whoever said that tech isn't going to have time to destroy us, that we'll run out of resources and start killing each other before that happens.

Nah, you cant say that for sure. With that new particle accelerator, who knows we might even find a new power source, that may be near infinite.

 

[annoying]

At any rate, soon we will not be able to sustain life on earth because of overpopulation. That is my final answer... For now.

 

[icecream_pirate]

*cough* large hadron collider *cough*

 

[Hakeem]

The thing about overpopulation, is that the carrying capacity limits the population, but it also sustains the carrying capacity.

 

[paladinprime]

Wow... never saw it that way before... just goes to show, I could hate Apple even more than i already did.