Originally Posted by Arglax
They would literally cease to function were computers to disappear.
Most of them would either cease to function, or go back to their original state. So, if you look at that aspect of society's reliance on computers, we're pretty dependant on them. For instance, the result of computers being taken away from us would be catastrophic. No doubt about that.
Another aspect that I made earlier is that we put too much focus on computers. Rather than walking out to a library, people will stay at home and rely on their computers. Some people have already made the point that it's quicker and easier to gain information from their PCs, which is true in most cases, but it's easy for me to see a future where this reliance on computers will become insufferable.
There are definitely two sides to it, but I tend to think that you can never be too dependent on computers. After all, we are the ones who invented it. Computers make our lives easier and give us new ways to learn about the things we’re interested in. They make it possible to do many things from the comfort of our own home — we can shop online, keep in touch with our friends online, even go to school online.
Of course if you took away computers, we would have no idea what to do because they play such a big role in our everyday life. So what? It's not like computers are going to disappear or something, we can be as dependent on them as we like.
Of course if you took away computers, we would have no idea what to do because they play such a big role in our everyday life. So what? It's not like computers are going to disappear or something, we can be as dependent on them as we like.
Last edited by Laser; Oct 24, 2014 at 02:55 AM.
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Originally Posted by Arglax
The question is not whether people are capable of living without computers, but whether we are dependent on them. We are dependent on them because removing all computers from this world would mean a rapid downfall of society. This is not just PCs we're talking about: servers, banks and basically the whole economy, cars, public transport, your household appliances, military, police, justice, hospitals & other health institutes all greatly depend on computers. They would literally cease to function were computers to disappear.
Instead of calling it too dependent, we should realize that we as humans consistently try and evolve into better and more efficient ways of life. Being in the technology era, we are witnessing a generation where computers are substituting human manual labor for more efficient and effective ways to do things. I believe the only downfall that would happen would be not having access to global communication, internet etc. Like a global apocalypse. In reality, everyone has a choice to chose whether to conform to modern society and be dependent on computers or live off the grid.
Last edited by -ian-; Oct 24, 2014 at 07:16 AM.
I think that society is dangerously dependant on computers but that it has reason to be. Without computers we would probably wouldn't live nearly as well as we do with them (although in many 3rd world countries the effect of all computers stopping would be highly negligible). However, we can still survive without them. A lot of people would face starvation (In places where food must be delivered because demand greatly exceeds supply) and of course communication would be set back a hundreds years but I reckon more than 60% of the global population would not die as a result of the lack of computers. If we consider aforementioned 3rd world countries as well as developing countries which don't rely on technology as much we should see that a lot of humanity can just make do without computers.
And we shouldn't necessarily judge whether we are too dependent on things by what would happen if they disappeared because that simply shows how useful that thing is (usually) while not addressing how much we actually overuse it.
And we shouldn't necessarily judge whether we are too dependent on things by what would happen if they disappeared because that simply shows how useful that thing is (usually) while not addressing how much we actually overuse it.
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