- Kevin Jacobson
- Richland Center, WI
- United States
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What do you think is the biggest technological challenge the human race will face in the next 30 years?
I see a lot of things wrong with humanity and I just want another persons input.
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Eric Certain
It has already turned so many people into perceived idiots. The misuse of simple words like "there, their, they're" or "your, you're", etc. has derived (in my opinion) from the use of technology.
There seems to be a lot of people getting their education from Wikipedia or Google.
For example...25 years ago if you wanted to get someplace that you were not familiar with, you used a map. Today, we use the internet to find the route and print it out, or we use a GPS device. Now, Im not saying that we should not use technology to make our lives easier. But, I have personally witnessed people who have no idea how to read a map and rely on a "voice in the box" to tell them where to go, when to turn, etc. Another issue this raises is that I have also witnessed a lot of people who have no clue what direction north, south, east, or west is.
If you think about it for just a moment, Im sure you can find examples of how and/or when technology has made something obsolete.
Not to go too much into the extemist view, but I often think about what would happen if we lost all power and hence, lost a lot (not all) of technology. (There are several books/movies on this subject) I think we would be in a little bit of trouble as a lot of people would not have the knowledge needed for some pretty basic things.
Going down the path we are now, and this scenario not happening for 30 years...I shudder to think of the consequences.