We are becoming increasingly dependent on Computers. They are used in businesses, hospitals, crime detection and even to fly planes. What things will they be used for in the future? Is this dependence on computers a good thing or should we be more auspicious of their benefits?
Computers are a relatively new invention. The first computers were fabricated fifty years ago and it is only in the last thirty or so years that their influence has affected out everyday life. Personal computers were introduced as recently as the early eighties. In this short time they have made a tremendous impact on our lives. We are now so dependent on computers that it is hard to imagine what things would be like today without them. You have only got to go into a bank when their main computer is broken to appreciate the chaos that would occur if computers were abruptly aloof world-wide.
Computers will be used to make bigger and even more sophisticated computers in the future. The scenarios for this are quite alarming. They will be so intricate that no individual could hope to understand how they work. They will bring a lot of benefits but they will also raise the the probable for unthinkable chaos. They will, for example, be able to fly planes and they will be able to co-ordinate the movements of more than a few planes in the locality of an airport. Providing all the computers are working correctly nothing can go wrong, if one small program fails disaster.
There is a certain inevitability that technology will progress and become increasingly complex. We should, however, ensure that we are still in a position where we are able to control technology. It will be all too easy to suddenly discover that technology is organizing us. By then it might be too late I believe that it is very significant to be suspicious of the benefits that computers will bring and to make sure that we never become totally dependent on a completely technological world.
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