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Concerning our first lecture (Sept. 11) all about the basics of humans and nature  we see that there is a dialectic relation between the two, both mutants and machines. We as humans are apart of the machine and cannot live without it. This is a suggestion that just as humans need nature they also need machines, implying machines to be a form of nature.

Side note: In recent studies it is shown that more people live in the city (artificial environment), than elsewhere (natural environment).

Comming across this realization that we as humans so desperately rely on machines to live our lives, makes me wonder if we ourselves have turned into machines? In the 21’st century mankind lives in a whole new world… a virtual world. This world is where information is found quickly on the internet, where letters are sent in the form of e-mail’s, and people can use the phone anywhere, at any time in the form of cellular phones. Humans have begun to rely on these machines so much that it is almost impossible to function without them and in some cases they have a meltdown when things don’t work. My only thought is that what will our world become if there were to be a major blackout? How would we survive? Are we placing our lives in the hands of these fragile machines, can they be trusted?

Indication that technology is taking over: According to http://www.email.about.com there are about 210 billion e-mails sent each day (updated August 2008)