A day in life without technology?
It's frightening to say
the least, it might just be the end of the world as we know it, in a time where
everything we do is based on technology, civilization won't last a day without
it.
Technology is not one vague word, it's the application of
scientific knowledge to solve human problems.
How are we going to survive without it? Did I just hear you
say-- Our forefathers survived without it? That's a big lie! Even in the stone
ages, there was still technology-- horse driven carts for transportation,
swords, bows and arrows for defense, animal husks as flute for entertainment,
though this may not seem significant when compared to the technology we have
today, but it can't be discredited, this obsolete technology has formed the
basis for what we have today. There's no doubt, technology has grown past all
these, but we have to still give credit to the inventors of the past.
We have amphibious cars that can move on water and land, we
have jets, though we don't have flying cars yet, but in the not too far future
we would. It's strange, but it's even now that we don't need these modes of
transport, communication has really taken over, now with just a phone in hand, you can talk to someone else
on the other end of the globe, or with a tab, hold a video conference with
people from all over the globe, defying the need to travel.
A day without technology would be chaotic, imagine being
stuck in the elevator, or not being able to make a phone call, no TV, Laptop,
how would you take your bath? The taps won't work! The International Space
Center would fall out of orbit and into the deep abyss of our galaxy-- the
milky way, that would be billions of dollars gone, billions of dollars and tons
of human thought and imagination.
Businesses would crumble!
Which business today isn't based on technology? From the
small shop owner to the big oil exploration rigs, every business thrives on
technology, they only differ in the complexity of the applied technology.
While the shop owner might not be able to use his computer
or calculator anymore, the big ships used for oil exploration in the deep
offshore oil wells of the world, won't be able to stay afloat let alone
function!
There's no telling the amount of environmental havoc that
would be wrecked that day, a day without technology, a day I wish would never
come, not even in my dream.
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The Hong-Kong airport located on an artificial island in the
middle of the ocean which relies on smart sensors to remain levelled would no
doubt lose this capability, and would definitely be shut down, London's
Heathrow airport would be a mess, this airport known to have the most air
traffic in the world would definitely not survive, airplanes would ram into
each other, traffic lights won't work, yes I know we don't respect traffic
lights in Nigeria, but in other countries of the world, motorists respect and
trust the traffic lights.
Nigeria lost one of her satellites under an hour of power
failure, imagine how many satellites would be lost by different countries and
private firms that day, the only good thing we would gain back that day is our
privacy--- at least American Satellites better known as 'cameras in the sky'
would stop looking at us, and our emails and phone calls won't be tapped again,
it's not like that would be any good, since no calls would be made that day,
neither would any email be sent on that day.
The cinema halls would be full but the projectors won't
work, people would have paid for movies they won't be able to watch, there's no
doubt, a riot would erupt right there in Silverbird cinemas, Ozone cinemas or
any other cinema in Nigeria, the police won't be able to help cause their
vehicles won't work, people won't know what's happening cause the radio
stations and TV stations won't be able to broadcast the news. You won't even be
able to ask Google, so don't bother.
A day in life without technology, as much as I don't want to
witness this, it does have a silver lining-- no war that day, people in the
Northern parts of Nigeria would be able to walk freely on the road because Boko
Haram Bombs would fail to detonate, and people that have got their brains
brainwashed would have a second chance at life, extra time to think and
consider If committing suicide and killing others is really a potent way of
passing a message about how they detest western education, it's funny but even
the bomb is a product of western education...
Technology has done much good, and also much bad, never the
less, I can't stand A Day in life without technology.
