Summary: The Pedestrian By Ray Bradbury

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“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.”
This may sound like something that an anti-technology person would say. Possibly an older person or someone technologically inept. However, the person that this is attributed to is no other than scientific genius and creator of the theory of relativity, Albert Einstein. While there is no proof that he said this, many people quote this as a way to hamper the growing technology craze. But, despite is extraordinary IQ and all of his accomplishments, I believe that Einstein was wrong. In The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury, he illustrates a futuristic world overtaken by television and technology with no creativity left. …show more content…

However, the arts are necessary to society and serves as inspiration for new technology. A significant way that the arts benefit technology is the works of medical illustrators. Medical illustrators are artists that create models and depictions of medical and anatomical matters. Without an understanding of the human body, medical operations would be an uncertain and deadly procedure. Music is also sometimes considered to be “the father of mathematics” because of the formulas and theories that go into creating a good and memorable sound. Music can also serve as an inspiration to many, most notably Albert Einstein, who idolized Mozart and was inspired to one day do something as great in science as Mozart did in art. (Miller) Many other scientific achievements were inspired by or created through the arts. Camouflage was created by painter Abbott Thaymer. The first pacemaker was based on a musical metronome, and origami inspired airbags in cars (Pomeroy). Many people have the mindset that the arts are just a waste of time and that more science jobs are needed than fine arts. What they don’t realize is that the arts and sciences are two sides of the same coin. Both arts and science are vital to our …show more content…

Technology is powerful and can do much, but there are matters that technology can never replace. Human creativity is a very complex matter that cannot ever be emulated by a machine. Technology can make things, like making someone’s life easier, making a picture seem real, or making a product to sell, but humans can create new machines and ideas with feeling and emotion. Technology is also behind in its AI. Tech has started computing algorithms and simulations faster than humans can, but what the human race has over tech is that faster does not equate to wiser. Computers and robots can do what they are programmed to do, but they can not act out of their coding, even if in danger. Humans have the free will to act without these restraint, for better or for worse. Additionally, computers cannot really make choices or call judgement, because they can only do what they are programmed to do. Humans make their own decisions without help all the time, unlike the technology in our world. The human brain is something complex that cannot be mimicked by technology, and nobody can ever make creativity, judgement, or free

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