Robots? Our New Masters!

The 21st century has already seen patterns of human extinction thanks to ‘man-made’ technology. With the rate at which technology is evolving, the day is not far where robots will be the only non-‘living’ things that walk the earth.
Technology has no doubt made an immense impact on our lives, but the purpose of technology is to enhance our life and not replace it. We have computers working for us, replacing manual jobs, automated machines running to complete tedious and monotonous work. All this is fair, but the problem arises when we sit in the lap of luxury of technology, when we take advantage of the technology at our disposal. People often misuse technology for selfish reasons and that’s the biggest challenge and danger technocrats face.
Invention and innovation are inevitable, but what is not is the excessive use of it. What defines ‘us becoming slaves to technology’ is our use of it in daily life. For example: Using a calculator to add up less than 5-6 numbers or using a motor vehicle to go to a nearby vendor. These normal tasks do not require any sort of man-made technology, but God given brains and legs. If we need technology for such trivial tasks, we soon will make ourselves slaves to technology. Therefore, the more sensible thing to do is to use technology when and only when needed, and use technology in important tasks where human life is subject to danger and the only solution to a problem is technology.