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    “Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master,” a quote said by Christian Lous Lange. I find it astounding how attached we are to our technological devices.Technology has attached itself to us and infiltrated our lives. Moreover, we walk around as if technology is cane for us to lean on. If we aren't careful, we could become too dependent on that cane to the point where it becomes a wheelchair. Also, in “The Veldt,” by Ray Bradbury, the children in the story become so dependent on technology

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    “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.” - Christian Lous Lange. In both 1984 and terminator 2: Judgement Day the use of technological advances against humankind defeats the role of free will. In both stories the the technology has evolved to allow a power to have control over humankind. In Terminator 2: Judgement Day skynet created the T-1000 to be sent back in the past to enforce their control, and have other terminators alike in the future. With this technology Skynet is able

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    Mr. Murphy Graduation Project 16 November 2017 Reliance on Technology “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master” (Lange). This quote was said by Christian Lous Lange, a famous Norwegian historian and political scientist, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1921. The quote says that technology is useful, but if it begins to control you, then it becomes dangerous. Technology is now a big part of our society and our past, present, and future. It has advanced over the last decades, and has

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    Politician Christian Lous Lange once said, “Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master.” Even though Lange spoke these wise words over a hundred years ago, their truth translates into today with ease. To better understand today’s interpretation, Sherry Turkle’s essay “Growing Up Tethered” acts as a useful tool. Her use of qualitative evidence is easily relatable creating plenty of opportunity for discussions. As a clinical psychologist, Turkle brings in a perspective unfamiliar to most

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    “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master” said by Christian Lous Lange. The new improvements of technology is now being used in people's everyday lives. Whether it is replacing something, creating something new, or personal entertainment, it is constantly expanding. But, this may not be improving people's overall lives in a positive way or could soon reach an extreme. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, the society loses its power and purpose because individuals lose their ability to

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    half the time we are awake and active during the day. This percentage increases 5% each year that means that in six years technology will occupy 100% the average humans’ active day. There is a famous quote by Christian Lous Lange, “Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master.” Lange forewarns everyone about technology, his quote basically states that if we let technology take over our lives, we become a slave to it. His quote warns us not to become slaves to technology. However, sadly, we

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    “Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master,” Christian Lous Lange once said. Technology in the world has a huge influence on people in today’s society. Using these innovations with the right intentions can lead to growth and understanding, but too often technology has become the ‘master’ of its users. In Fahrenheit 451, the ubiquitous technology has controlled every aspect of the people’s sense of individualism and humanism in the destructive society. Ray Bradbury uses certain technological

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    “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.” - Christian Lous Lange. Technology is a great help and resource in people’s lives, but if people start to rely on it for every little thing, it becomes too important to people and we feel we can’t live without it. Also, there’s the problem with censorship of information can happen in a dystopian society. The website Dictionary.com defines a dystopian society as a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding

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    The First Cold War

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    The first Cold War was, occurred during 1947 to 1953, political and military tension after World War II between power of Eastern Bloc and Western Bloc. People felt tired from fighting, started to recover their emotional feelings, and society and economic was trying to recover from the war. During this period, artists started thinking about society that increasingly turned their attention to defining identities of national and globally. They also focused for a renewed attention in art and design

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    Christian Lous Lange said it the best, “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.” This portrays the overall theme to Ray Bradbury’s futuristic novels and short stories alike. His astounding predictions of technology’s controlling mannerisms towards its owners, have become a profound reality throughout time. Several of Bradbury’s literary masterpieces share the mutual technological overload as technology is worshipped, however conflicts between static characters and dynamic characters

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