Let's say, we built technology and depend on it..
Such as how we built cars and automated machines to help transport us
from place to place, and thus we walk less, we become obese
and become out of shape. Thus we depend on cars and machines
such as those, because now we cannot walk far distances because
we are fat. Now let's say in the future we eventually develop
such extensive technology that we depend on it 24/7 to survive.
And let's say that we eventually pay less attention to skills such as
modern enginnering or electronics. So in the future we depend
on a ridiculous amount of technology, enabling us to be
useless in essence, and than we also don't apply the effort
to learn essential skills in maintenance and innovation because
we're so lethargic.
One day an accident occurs and our technology is rendered
useless and we have no means to recover from it since
we are completely incapable of functioning without technology
and have no skills at all.
Is this a likely end to mankind?
2006-06-20
05:39:17
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13 answers
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phoenixrisers
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