As it has been said in the past, in ten years time we will no longer be required to leave our homes. Instead we will strap on a helmet and enter a virtual community allowing us to attend education and so forth electronically. However as ten years has come and past at a rapid pace we are still yet to see this so called helmet available to the wider community and we are still attending university and school physically, or by online correspondence.I am still yet to see someone sitting in their pajamas at home attending a lecture with two hundred other students who are also sitting at home with some sort of virtual helmet strapped to their heads.
Technology is a rapidly changing industry. Developments are being made on a frequent basis in many industries of technology. Is it really that disappointing if we have to continue to have some sort of physical contact with other individuals in order to further our education or to carry out our daily lives?
There have been many technological developments which have changed the lives of many. These include:
the bionic ear
pace maker
automated limbs
Although we may never be given the chance to strap on this much talked about helmet, in all honesty would we want to? As winter sets in, in Australia and the typical Melbourne weather begins people are already complaining that it is too wet to go out. I then pose the question to you, why would we want to stay home with our virtual community, when at the end of the day we are still alone. We can already perform a various things online including start relationships, buy groceries and clothing, book holidays and air flights and much more.
the bionic ear
pace maker
automated limbs
Although we may never be given the chance to strap on this much talked about helmet, in all honesty would we want to? As winter sets in, in Australia and the typical Melbourne weather begins people are already complaining that it is too wet to go out. I then pose the question to you, why would we want to stay home with our virtual community, when at the end of the day we are still alone. We can already perform a various things online including start relationships, buy groceries and clothing, book holidays and air flights and much more.
This therefore brings me to my next point. The Internet is not necessarily an honest place. More often than not we hear stories of people meeting online who spend a large amount of money to fly to another country to meet their six foot tall, slim, blonde, model girlfriend or tall, dark and handsome boyfriend who they had met online only to find out they are an average looking middle aged man/woman.
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