Sunday, March 16, 2014

Time Enough at Last (an episode from the series The Twilight Zone)

Time Enough at Last is almost incomparable to this generation. We currently rely on technology as our source of entertainment. I wonder what teenagers would do in isolation. If we were the last persons on earth, gathering food and finding shelter might just be secondary. The kind of society we live in today praises computers so much. We rely on them 24 hours a day. It is honestly not a bad thing given that computers are far one of the most convenient innovations humans are able to accomplish; but too much of it will leave us useless in a condition where we have to live alone without the comfort of technology. I have read an opinion to the episode's plot and theme wherein somebody points out that access to books (hardcopy ones) may become obsolete and old-fashioned in the near future. For me, this scenario is acceptable as long as people, specifically the younger ones of the coming generations, get access to an alternative to books which is synonymous to the tablets and e-books we use today.

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