Entry #5: Wall-E & Technology

This clip from the movie Wall-E illustrates  a potential future for humans' dependency on technology. The entire movie Wall-E shows an earth completely obliterated by mass consumerism and human greed. All the humans have left Earth and boarded a large spaceship while robots are left to take care of the mess. Throughout the movie it's shown that this dependency on robots was not planned. Once Wall-E boards the ship and starts to cause problems, people start to "wake up".

Chuck and Mary are two people Wall-E tears apart from their technology. They both are going about their day, completely sucked into their chairs' screen. Both people seem amazed when they realize everything going on about them. This is an exaggeration on what is going on this day and age. Often people get so engulfed into their phones, televisions, and computers they don't realize all the activity going on around them.

We, as people, have also become very dependent on technology. I'm guilty of having to use my phone's GPS every time I go somewhere new. Don't get me started on how into Panda Pop I can get on my phone, often having to have my boyfriend repeat what he just told me. Even just walking from class to class without my headphones and music is difficult because God forbid someone speaks to me. The very technology we use to connect to others is what we use to create boundaries, some good some bad.

I think the most important thing with anything in life is moderation. We can still use technology and all its' wonders while still connecting with people in person. It's important to realize that while technology is so vital to our lives nowadays human connection is something irreplaceable.