The Tomorrow Project: Annotated Bibliography

Increasingly, there is a large dependence on technology today as opposed to ten or twenty years ago. Technology has changed a lot of how life is lived today. It affects shopping, job seeking employment opportunities, entertainment and academics. There is no doubt that technology has set its foundation and is here to stay. One area in which the effects of technology can be clearly noted is in the lifestyle of children. The addiction to technology by children today has increased over the years. This is clearly seen in the developmental progress of children today. This dependence has greatly influenced how children

Technology has so quickly taken over our lives without questioning the affects, especially in Early Years as children begin to learn about the social world, away from the home environment. As the modern world develops an ever increasing reliance on technology, the affects on children and their learning are unknown. Technology has made our lives easier and enabled us to do things generations before us would have never even dreamt of, despite this, questions as to whether technology could have adverse affects on young children's learning need to be asked. Many people would suggest that allowing children to spend

In today’s society we are overwhelmed with technology. Technology is changing everyday, and will forever be a staple in our lives. The effect that technology has on our children has brought on some concerns and some praises. Children these days have no choice but to some how be influenced by the ever growing technology in our societies. Our common concern has been that although digital technology has boosted children’s talent for multitasking, their ability to process information deeply may be deteriorating (Carpenter, 2010). Many people have a wide range of opinions on if technology is having a positive influence on our children or a negative, there is a vast amount of evidence to support both of these arguments. Technology can refer to

Technology has advanced a lot within the last couple of years. It definitely has its pros and cons when it comes to how it affects our personal lives. Some people may take this to an extreme and become very dependable on their technological devices. There is a large gap between the generations of when all there was, was pen and paper and now where we see even 6-year-olds with the latest iPhone. In “What’s the Matter with Kids Today” by Amy Goldwasser, the author explains how different life was without technology and how it's so commonly used now.

Science fiction is a literary genre that explores potential consequences related to scientific innovations. It is largely based on the idea of writing rationally about alternative worlds or futures. Provided adequate knowledge of the past and present world, science fiction tales provide realistic speculations of possible future events (ReadWriteThink). E.M. Forster’s story The Machine Stops can be regarded as a work of apocalyptic science fiction in that it is a cautionary vision of the future.

hope and a vision for the future as a contrast to the stark reality of

Science fiction can help us understand things we may not see that are happening all around us. Technology has become a huge part of our lives and in a way has control over us. In the second poem we read called,"The Expostulation" it can help us understand how quickly our world is advancing. We are constantly changing, maybe a little too quickly at times. Everything becomes repetitive and tedious says the author. This may be the case to some people, but many future Science fiction writer also have good ideas that may not be as boring as the authors may have thought. There is always room for

Wells integrated social, historical and philosophical ideas with scientific and technological concepts in his thinking about the future, creating much richer, more profound, more comprehensive and more realistic projections than writers of science fiction who merely foretold of scientific and technological changes. Wells wrote an immense number of both narrative fiction and non-fictional essays and books on the future.

We cling to our fairytales until the price for believing in them becomes to high. Replacing them for stories and tales, legends and myths - learning, listening and hoping. Hoping for a future we know will one day come to exist, only not knowing if it will come to exist before we cease to. Our promises are in the words and pictures of speculative fiction. A genre of writing made to enhance and enchant our imagination, as author Ransom Riggs has successfully done in his trilogy; Miss Peregrines’ home for Peculiar children. But, what influences and benefits does writing like his, have on our society? And how does speculative fiction entice humanity’s understanding of our future?

We think we are invincible. We feel as if we are untouchable. In our little bubble we are in safe haven, secure from the suffering that plagues the human collective. Blissfully hidden from the forces that move the ground and shake the sky, we are incarnate. In the leafy suburbia that has come to encompass the world’s most fortunate; the uppermost echelons of a society with so many such rungs on its ladder, time will not strike us down. The dice of life shall show us only sixes, and the sun will remain smiling, forever beaming its sweet rays. And when the sun sleeps the moonlight shall take its place, and the darkness that looms will be forever kept at bay, and life will be perpetually effervescent.

Imagine, if you can, a world where the future is told in the fantastic. Where stories are not tomes dedicated to what has happened, but what is still to come. Where adventures are found with space aliens and dystopian governments, technology and time travel. The stories of science fiction transcend all media, from books, to radio, to movies, to television and to hologram. Wait, hologram? Isn’t that impossible? In science fiction, the word “impossible” became obsolete many generations ago, with the dawn of the genre. When analyzing science fiction, “it is imperative to keep in mind that science fiction has long since ceased being only-or even primarily-a literary phenomenon.” (Landon, 6). From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, to Big Brother’s omnipotent gaze in George Orwell’s 1984, to the screen and the incredible space adventures of Captain Kirk and his crew in Star Trek, to the young adult genre with the dystopian futures of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. There’s simply no

Throughout the years, technology has developed tremendously and has provided great efficiency for many. However, it also puts a negative impact on people by creating more distractions, anxiety, and stress. The use of technology includes a great amount of psychological changes that can occur to a human who is constantly connected to technology. The vast majority of adolescents have become greatly affected by these developments for the worse and over time, this can impact all of society.

According to Katherine Lee, for school-age kids, technology can be a double-edged sword. There are countless benefits that can be garnered from using

“Our children’s digital lives are turning them into much different creatures from us – and not necessarily for the better.” – Dalton Conley, Time Magazine

Anderson: I feel that whatever society does will never be enough. People will never be happy, they always will have a greed for more and more. So the perfect utopia will never be a reality. I think this discussion has helped us to think about what we need to change, to even have a hope of a good future. The last thing we would want is for society to end up completely like the dystopian books the three of you wrote.