Chapter 1 Blog Reflection

Do you think the life of our human race will be prolonged or driven to extinction by computers? Why do you think so?

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I would say computers is undeniably going to drive human to extinction. With the world trend nowadays, where human beings are required to use computers since very young age (as young as kindergarten, my younger brother had his first computer class during that time), it is now a tool/toy that is indispensable in human life. The current generation starts using it when they start schooling and continue to rely on it for the rest of their life. Think about all the health issues brought up by overusing computers: impaired vision, repetitive strain injuries, neck and shoulder problem... More and more computer-related injuries and health hazards are reported each day. If we do no limit our computer usage and raise the awareness of possible health risks caused by computers, the harm computer brings us is going to outweigh the benefits it brings.

Would the human race survive if all the computers in the world crashed? Who would be most badly hit?

Human is totally going to survive if computer vanished from our lives. Computer has indeed helped us a lot and has made our lives easier in many ways, but it is not a crucial key in human survival. If that happened, undeniably our lifestyles would change dramatically, and the transitional period would be agonizing. However, people had been able to lead a good life without the help of computers in the past. I am sure after all of us get used to life without computers we could live a pretty normal life like those in the past, although it might take us a long long time to adapt to the new situation.

Those who would be most badly affected of course are IT-technicians and computer majors, and the IT-industry (Bill Gates might just go broke!). Their knowledge and skills would not be required anymore and there would be no jobs for them. Unless there are companies who seek computer engineers to manufacture/design new and better computers, else they would have to change their working sector.