Technology Versus Humanity: Opinion Essay

Has Technology Exceeded our Humanity?

After recently watching James Ponsoldt’s The Circle and Oliver Stone’s Snowden my mind became quickly flooded with thoughts that perhaps I did not fully understand the vastness that is the internet. The fact that we are trying to keep up with the latest gadgets and devices has made me a slave to technology? And if I’ve fallen in the trap, then how many others have allowed technology to exceed their humanity?

Technology has been ridding the world of man’s benevolence and men has increasingly become dependent on technological innovations. People aren’t aware that they are losing the ability to think for themselves, being able to sit quietly by themselves. School kids in general can’t sit down for a minute, let alone 30 seconds without having to be on their phones to see what someone else is doing. Always being watched, kids can’t be deviceless for more than 30 seconds and that’s being kind. As “The Circle” envisions it, technology’s dystopian near future is already here. The circle, as the company is called, takes pride in collecting personal information about everyone and processing it analytically – “all to serve you better?” The company launches a miniature camera that can be placed anywhere, to record anything. To prove to the world that this new technology is the best thing to happen to democracy, the gullible and naïve Mae, volunteers to “go transparent”, sharing and broadcasting every facet of her life, save for three-minute breaks to the toilet. The circle being that they are literal examples of people who are driven to being transparent, they don’t have any freedom at all. The idea of being transparent is to be free but the irony is that they are not, because they are constantly being watched by the world. The director has cleverly positioned the audience to see the isolation that develops through the transparency that Mae volunteers for. The It is looking at the opposite where the government is literally keeping tabs on people and they are claiming it for safety. That’s all well and good, but is it really necessary to listen to a phone call that I’m having with my grandmother? Wouldn’t you feel alarmed if your every move was being watched?

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The fact that we have so much information and data on everyone else, we really have no self-esteem. Technology is impacting our own health and how we think and what we do. In the Circle, Mae’s friend is portrayed as happy and chirpy at first, keen to work for the circle. But as the movie progresses she becomes deteriorated to the point where she tries to kill herself, eventually escaping to an island. The director skillfully positions the audience to see that an individual’s life is negatively impacted from the advancement of technology.

After recently watching James Ponsoldt’s The Circle and Oliver Stone’s Snowden my mind became quickly flooded with thoughts that perhaps I did not fully understand the vastness that is the internet. The fact that we are trying to keep up with the latest gadgets and devices has made me a slave to technology? And if I’ve fallen in the trap, then how many others have allowed technology to exceed their humanity? It is basic human rights to have privacy, although technology is being used as a tool to spy on others and invade our privacy. The director positions the audience that without technology in this world, we can broaden our spectrum of knowledge, dive into the culture and arts the world can offer and lead a happy and healthy lifestyle. We have never been more vulnerable then now. The fact that we have so much information and so much data on everyone else, we really have no self-esteem, it’s impacting our own health, how we think and what we do.

Now is the time to make the decision that privacy cannot die.

Technology is aiding in our safety, but is it really the price we want to pay? Although, the internet was designed to make interpersonal relationships more connected through various apps including snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and dating sites, it has ironically, made man more isolated than ever. We never felt more apart. We’ve never been more vulnerable. The fact that they claim to bring us closer, but we’ve never been more distance, socially and emotionally. Furthermore, the snowden reveals a dark and ominous tone, whereas in the circle it portrays a very light, bright and happy tone as if everything is wonderful in the world. However, it’s almost more sadistic than snowden. Snowden is frightening, but it has realism behind it and you can see it working. In vast contrast, the circle exposes bright colours to flip the intended message and make it seem more dramatic. Technology is aiding in our safety (bit positive twist) but is it really the price we want to pay. Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, dating sites, everything that’s supposed to connect people but never felt more apart. We’ve never been more vulnerable. So, the fact that they claim to bring us closer, but we’ve never been more distance, socially and emotionally.

So, while it is aiding in our safety, is it really the price we want to pay, to give up our humanity for the sake of advancement in technology.

People aren’t aware that they are losing the ability to think for themselves, being able to sit quietly by themselves, school kids, in general, can’t sit down for a minute, let alone 30 seconds without having to be on their phones to see what some else is doing they need their phones. Exceeded our humanity- before the internet existed you use to have to memorize phone numbers, obesity and disease, the circle being that they are literal examples of people who are driven to being transparent that they don’t have any freedom. the idea of being transparent is to be free but the irony is that they are not free because everyone is watching them. The snowden it’s looking at the opposite where the government is scary and dark tone. The government is literally keeping tabs on people, and they are claiming it’s for safety. That’s all well and good but is it really necessary to listen to a phone call that I’m having with my grandmother. The circle is very light, bright and happy. It seems everything is in a wonderful world, but it’s almost more sadistic than snowden, because Snowden is scary but has realism behind it and you can see it working. But the circle uses bright colours to flip it and make it seem more dramatic. I fear the day when the technology overlaps our humanity or has it happened already? It sure seems that way, and we are the ones who killed it without even knowing it.