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Watching Kevin Kelly on TED opened my mind to some interesting ideas.

First and foremost, I thought it was interesting how Kevin Kelly referred to the technology as being The One. I also thought it was interesting how he referred to us (as people’s) as being The One. I felt like these comments were a bit prophetic, and they got my mind thinking about cups of wine and chants sung on the way to the alter. Though I do not think I would go so far as to use the level of abstraction as Kevin Kelly used in his speech – - he did make some valid points.

Technology is huge.

What more is there to say?

Kevin Kelly was right when he said that numbers can become so big that they don’t even matter anymore. I felt like the statistics he used in describing the growth of technology reflected this to a great degree. Technology has become so large, that its power is really beyond a “regular old human’s” ability to fathom.

At the beginning of the video, Kevin Kelly made a comment about how if he had been making the same speech about technology 10 years ago, and describing the new technologies we have today, we would have never believed his ideas possible. Several changes in technology have developed over a short span of time, and really revolutionized the way we go about our daily lives.

This draws some reminiscent thoughts to the forefront of my mind regarding science-fiction literature I have read and explored. Take, for instance, the futuristic tale of Feed, a novel written for young adults. In many futuristic science fiction, technology plays an intricate role in the societies described. Could it be that we will one day have chips in our heads like the characters in Feed? Could this “fictional” tale become reality? What sort of benefits does this pose for us as a society? What sort of difficulties does this pose for us as a society? What could we gain? What might we lose? These are important questions to discuss and consider.

I will be completely honest, considering technology often frightens me, but a great deal of it excites me as well.

What will happen next?
I suppose no one can really tell…