Post #2

The future and the unknown is a scary thing much like the weather completely unpredictable. Although with the upcoming technology being both dangerous and unpredictable, ignorance can be bliss, but still the future is often talked about. The future is planned for, but is also a curious topic that comes up because it is so anticipated. Each science fiction author creates and predicts the probable and then hypothetical to create technology that could be helpful for the future. Asimov, Heinlein, and McTeigue all have different views of the future and cause us to think and reflect about it in many ways. In “All you Zombies” Heinlein shows both the fantasy of desires that could happen with the invention of a time machine, but then also sort of like playing with fire how too much of a good thing can go horribly wrong. Asimov shows a similar concept, but the machine he contemplates is the robot and the thought that besides human emotion a robot could essentially replace human jobs and be more efficient in the workplace possibly accounting for fewer jobs to the masses or middle class. In essence both Asimov and Heinlein show how much technology could benefit and alter our world, but also not necessarily advise, but foreshadow that too much dependence on science could be deadly. The same thing in a way has already happened with our dependence with computers in our daily lives they are replacing new mediums and taking over as communications and reference experts. McTeague’s vision in “V for Vendetta” is the scariest to me. I think that more likely than humans relying on robots or time travel would be totalitarianism. If the vision for the future is seen by the elite it seems our culture as we know it could fall to such hands. This at times in the past has already happened and so I don’t think this is so far off, with all these mega businesses like Disney or Microsoft constantly buying all name brands and coining their contracts to encompass their work ethic a lot of stores, power, and the people that work/shop there are in the hands of a few. Other gateways such as international trade and power, plus the world getting flatter so to speak could also cause this to happen. I think that all these science fiction thrillers should in a way be encouraged on our children’s youth because although other traditional reads teach valuable lessons on right and wrong, these are the future and cause children to think about technology, math, science and the realm of many possibilities.