The Unintended Consequences of Feed There are many unintended consequence in the book “Feed” that are caused by introducing new technologies to the world. Most of these unintended consequences are bad however, not all of them affect the world or humanity as negatively as others. Some of these unintended consequences affect how, or even if the human race will be able to continue evolving or crash down completely. One of the most obvious unintended consequences in Feed is that, although it was created to help the human race and put everything we need at our fingertips, in a lot of ways it did the opposite. Most of society has completely given up on anything such as grammar or spelling. Even though they only have to “think” to search for a definition …show more content…
This just shows that either the Feed wasn't built very securely or the corporations need to do a better job taking care of potential threats on civilians. It also helps put into perspective how little the corporation's care considering how long it took for everyone at the hospital to be checked to make sure that there feeds where ok. An additional Consequence is a new form of getting high called “Malfunctioning”. It's really easy to Malfunctioning because it's cheap and easily accessible. Malfunctioning is talked about all throughout the book and at one point the main character Titus goes onto a Swedish Mal site. What we have learned about Malfunctioning is that it messes with your head to a point in which you might not even remember what you were doing while in “Mal”, it’s also cheap and easily accessible to those of all ages meaning that, not only do teens get addicted to Malfunctioning but it's likely some children do as …show more content…
Throughout the book we learn more about how the world is dying and people don't even seem to realize that they are the one’s who are doing it, The cut down trees to build air production plants, Clouds are now factory made, Other life on earth died off long ago and most of the people of feed don't even know what is wrong with all of these things. Yet another unintended consequence is how people’s bodies react to the feed when it's not put in while they are still infants. In the book it discusses the fact that if the feed is implemented into a child once they have reached a certain point of growth. The Feed may reject the body and not form to the host correctly causing there body to shut down and not function correctly, An example of this is seen in the book with Violet as she slowly starts to fade away the more the feed rejects
Feeding a baby is an indispensable duty of a parent. Part of that duty includes making
This turned out to be a serious safety hazard with the expected loss of life. But they labelled it as an Acceptable risk, instead of finding a solution.
These consequences are just examples of what technology is causing and what will cause to the future of the world. Also, it’s highlighted in the article Why Reliance on Technology is a Bad Thing, the author John M. Grohol tries to convince the reader that people are already too dependent on technology by saying, “This integrated component that so many people have become dependent upon, I am sometimes a little worried or concerned.” (Grohol). He demonstrates his concern about this topic of relying on computers and technology in general to do everything, such as engineers not sketching their works anymore; and if there’s a power outage, they can’t continue their work because they need the computers to do so. This subject is also portrayed in the novel by Ray Bradbury, on which he writes about a family who doesn’t have to do many things because the house can do those things; with one example being opening and locking up the doors which in today’s society is starting to become usual and often present in many houses. The development of smart houses such as of the story, is a huge personal security issue, where third party companies or apps have the power to control the house of
“With every new innovation, cultural prophets bickered over whether we were facing a technological apocalypse or a utopia” (Thompson 9). This quote states that with every significant break-through with technology, people contemplate whether it will have a positive or negative effect on mankind. Technology allows for external memory sources, connections to databases, and it allow easy communication between people. Thompson then directly counters Carr’s hypothesis and states that “[c]ertainly, if we are intellectually lazy or prone to cheating and shortcuts, or if we simply don’t pay much attention to how our tools affect the way we work, then yes - we become… over reliant” (Thompson 18). In his opinion, “[s]o yes, when we’re augmenting ourselves, we can be smarter… But our digital tools can also leave us smarter even when we’re not actively using them” (Thompson
The Negative Impacts of Technology “Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we are too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria to the office on the cell phone.” Quoted by Steven Spielberg about the effects of technology. Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel about how technology takes over society, causing books to be illegal and citizens avoid talking about any philosophical topics or questioning why they are living the way they are. Technology has a negative impact on society.
Feed is a novel set in a dystopian and futuristic society where a chip named the feed is implanted in nearly everyone’s brain. It follows the life of Titus and his friends, which begins on the moon. This is where he meets his love interest, Violet, a smart and beautiful young girl who is incredibly different from every other girl he has met. Titus, on the other hand, is the common teenage boy in this novel, absorbed with trends and illiterate to a certain degree. The two of them struggle through identity crises and the effects the feed has on the world, and the chip ends up claiming her life in the end. Synergy is a large area in basic human interactions since it helps them to develop relationships and acts as a stepping stone to understanding
Technology has played a vital role in human progression over the past century, with new advancements like computers, smart phones, and orbiting satellites paving the way for a world more connected than ever before. The ease of accessing knowledge via these devices ensures that individuals can have the world at their fingertips, as any and all questions they may have can be answered in only a matter of seconds. Such a free flow of information requires little mental aptitude to understand and access, and some observers of this relatively new phenomenon are starting to ponder if technology is actually hurting us rather than aiding us. One such
Although Though technology can be good, it can be worse than good, such as people always with their faces on their phones and headphones in their ears, people neglecting books and using more online text, and people wasting their lives watching TV.Children now know how to use a phone faster than they can
Factory farming began in the 1920s soon after the discovery of vitamins A and D. Shirley Leung said, when these vitamins are added to feed, animals no longer require exercise and sunlight for growth (B2). This allowed large numbers of animals to be raised indoors year-round. The greatest problem that was faced in raising these animals indoors was the spread of disease, which was fought against in the 1940s with the development of antibiotics. Farmers found they could increase productivity and reduce the operating costs by using machines and assembly-line techniques. Unfortunately, this trend of mass production has resulted in incredible pain and suffering for the animals. Animals today raised on factory farms have had their genes manipulated and pumped full of antibiotics, hormones, and other chemicals to encourage high productivity. In the fast food industry, animals are not considered animals at all; “they are food producing machines” (BBC). They are confined to small cages with metal bars, ammonia-filled air and artificial lighting or no lighting at all. They are subjected to horrible mutilations: beak searing, tail docking, ear cutting and castration. The worst thing is that ...
Albert Einstein once said, “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” This quote is fully representative of society today. It has distracted us from..... One second my best friend just texted me… Ok what was I saying?.. Oh right; It has distracted us from our studies, our loved ones, and even our driving. Technology is making us less intelligent, oblivious to our surroundings, and antisocial.
Is there any food on earth that can provide the PERFECT nutrition to a human? Yes, and it is breast milk. Breast milk is the perfect nutrition. This superior food contains hormones, live antibacterial and antiviral cells and essential fatty acids (What Makes Human Milk Special?, Mar-Apr 2006). All of which are helpful in protecting against any harm. Sicknesses in infants are lowered by the help that breast milk gives. Breastfed children are sick less often than children who aren’t breastfed (What Makes Human Milk Special?, Mar-Apr 2006). Breast milk contains all the nutrients that an infant needs as it continues to grow. When the child is brought into the world it has no way to fight off any d...
In summary, both the article and the novel critique the public’s reliance on technology. This topic is relevant today because Feed because it may be how frightening the future society may look like.
It is difficult to escape the influence of technology on modern life. It lurks behind every door: the classroom, home, office, and store. There are many who are resistant to new technology, saying that technology causes harm to society. These claims are often made without the realization that technology also includes important and indispensable parts in their life such as writing and the tools for writing. Writing was one of the first technologies invented. Technology has now become so entrenched in the majority of cultures around the world that it is hard to imagine a life or society without writing. For those that maintain a majority of technology beyond writing is harmful, imagine the difficulty in writing without the help of other technologies, which includes pencils, paper, computers, printing presses, and a number of other technological aids.
Martin, Alice. The 4 Negative Side Effects of Technology Edudemic. 30 May 2013. Web. 17
People can see the many positive effects of technology from different views of human life such as education, agriculture, personal safety, and the environment. But, not everyone considers the downsides while they play Call of Duty and check Facebook for what their friends are doing. Although technology does simplify people’s tasks and duties and make things much easier, it may weaken health, kill environments, and ruin the social, human interactive life that once was.