Modern Times (1936) seems to me an typical example of how tecnology effects our lives. In the film the boss of the factory was benifited the most from technology. With the help of machines the moniter for instance time is saved. The boss inspected his employeers and made commands at his office by the machine without walking around by himself. What's more by taking the advantage of machines and mass labours much profit will be gained as the production increases. Thus the boss takes it all!
As the one who gained the most was the factory owner himself, unfortunately the working class was subject to the whole system. They had no choice in the technology-driven world who worked like robots with an overwhelming workload. Let's take the character played by Charlie Chaplin for example who was restrained by the machines and ended up becoming compulsive. He was out of control keeping his hands busy with the gears since he had been working non-stop at one stage repeating the same thing for ages.
It seems that the character shares the similar situation with us who hardly can avoid tecnology in our lives. We need eletricity, computer, cell phone and transports and so on everyday. If living without tecnology the whole world will break down. It seems that we are more or less depending on it. It's possible our behavior, mood and health might be affected by tecnology addiction. I believe that most of us at least have once experience sore shoulders and back when we overuse computers. Thus we need to keep ourselves from tecnology obsession and never let it to control us.
As the one who gained the most was the factory owner himself, unfortunately the working class was subject to the whole system. They had no choice in the technology-driven world who worked like robots with an overwhelming workload. Let's take the character played by Charlie Chaplin for example who was restrained by the machines and ended up becoming compulsive. He was out of control keeping his hands busy with the gears since he had been working non-stop at one stage repeating the same thing for ages.
It seems that the character shares the similar situation with us who hardly can avoid tecnology in our lives. We need eletricity, computer, cell phone and transports and so on everyday. If living without tecnology the whole world will break down. It seems that we are more or less depending on it. It's possible our behavior, mood and health might be affected by tecnology addiction. I believe that most of us at least have once experience sore shoulders and back when we overuse computers. Thus we need to keep ourselves from tecnology obsession and never let it to control us.
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