Sixth Sense vs. WALL-E
A colleague sent me a link to this video:
(00:57 - 1:17) - “When you go to the supermarket and you are standing there in that huge isle of different types of toiletpaper, you don’t take out your cellphone and open a browser and go to a website to try to decide which of these different toiletpapers is the most ecologically responsible purchase to make …”
(8:20 - 8:31) - “But it’s not perfect yet. It’s very much a work in progress. And who knows maybe in another 10 years we will be here with the ultimate sixth sense brain implant …“
How scary is that? May I ask what is wrong with just having to make a simple choice about which toiletpaper too pick yourself, there and then? Or, (why) do we need so many choices in the first place? And scariest of all, would anybody ever really consider using a brain implant to help with this apparently difficult but vital question?
We are becoming more and more dependant on technology, computers and machines. We invent things to make things easier or improve the quality, but the opposite is many times achieved.
Calculators –> We became bad at mental arithmetic
Texting –> We became bad at spelling
Satellite Navigation –> We don’t look ourselves and get lost without
Social Networking –> We became less social
Sixth Sense –> We will become less sensitive to the other 5 senses?? Or don’t trust our own senses anymore??