I agree with Carr. Our reliance on technology becomes stronger and stronger overtime As technology advances people start to rely more on technology for their problems like driving, cooking, flying a plane, getting directions, and many more but because of this many people abuse technology thinking that the programs will do everything and trusting the technology even though it might be incorrect. In Carr’s article he mentions the tragic incidents of the plane crashes the Bombardier Q400 which killed 49 people on the plane and one person on the ground, and the Buffalo crash of an Air France Airbus A330 which killed all 228 passengers and crew members on board. The reason for these crashes were because of the pilots  and their lack of situational awareness the pilots relied on the auto pilot and when there was an error the pilots panicked and did not know what to do eventually causing the plane to crash. If the pilots paid more attention to their surroundings and stayed calm like they are supposed to they could have found a way to prevent the crash. I know people tend to rely on technology because i am one of them but in order to fix this i think people should rely on themselves and learn with the technology.

I believe its a matter of improving the skills of the workers because even though technologies can make life easy it can also make many mistakes and if workers work alongside technology we can help if something goes wrong with the technology if it crashes or malfunctions because we as humans can change decisions based on the situation while on the other hand technology just does what its programmed to do. For example about the planes and pilots if the pilots had paid more attention to what was happening alongside their autopilot and stayed calm they would have found possible ways to save the plane this shows that even though technology does make life easy it is also important for us to work with it and not just rely on it.

This does relate to the concerns of technology taking jobs because if technology becomes more advanced it will be able to do more things making it easy to take over jobs. For example now people are making self driving cars if this becomes more advanced jobs like UBER,LYFT, and cab drivers will loose their jobs. One good example of technology taking over jobs is In some places in Asia convenience store are self automated and there are no workers another one is an amazon convenience store that has cameras and other technologies that makes it possible for people to just enter take what they want and leave and the bills will be placed on their bank account accurately based on what they took. This is a prime example of how advancement of technology can take jobs.

An alternative approach that i can think of is to Work alongside with technology and have a distinction on what each can do to make things better and easier or have certain jobs on what humans can do and what technologies can do.

BONUS: I am very reliant on Technology i cant imagine my life without all the technologies we have available today. For example technologies helps me cook, do my school work, send emails/messages, gives me directions, stores information etc. If you were to take that away from me i would be lost i would not be able to remember any of my contact informations, get lost going to my destination and more. I interact with technologies 24/7 if i am bored i use technology, if i need to study and do work i use technology, if i need to make appointments i use technology, if i want to sleep i use technology.

Advances in technology are impacting us tremendously, we cannot deny it. However, Carr’s article astonishes me, technology is supposed to be used as a tool to improve our environment and to help us. But it becomes a serious problem when we only depend on it. The article mentioned the cases of plane crashes. I strongly believe that accident happens all the time, but when your life and other peoples’ lives are in your responsibility there is not computer task to depend on it at 100%. “Automation has become so sophisticated that on a typical passenger flight, a human pilot holds the controls for a grand total of just three minutes.” I think we have to be more alert and conscious about not become negligent and useless, to the point of putting people’s lives at risk. How can we fix this? Better training where we can use technology as a tool and where the consequences of error are not going to be fatal.

I am pretty sure that technology will be improving. Therefore I think the most important is to reinforce and improve workers’ skills. Facing challenges or difficult situations in real life is the huge element that helps us to become from more or less, good or expertise in our fields.

Yes, I think in some cases with greedy companies or businesses. If the focus is to produce more money for themself; they will replace people with machines because it will produce more and it will save money and because they don’t have to pay salaries for workers. Did you notice that in many banks they don’t have the staff number they have five years ago? In some locations, you go directly to the ATM machine because there is not enough personnel to attend to you. What about the cashiers? Or when you have to call to solve a problem with a company for example. How long do you stay in line and they a machine it will take your message and you never speak with a real person?

The alternative to me is to used find a healthy balance, used technology only when is necessary. Limit my time on social media. Take notes in my notebook and make copies of assignments is necessary for me to avoid the time on the screen. I recently saw a picture with a message in Spanish “Luckily there was a generation that wanted to study and we have epidemiologists, doctors, microbiologists, among others. Can you imagine another pandemic in a few years with YouTubers, influencers, Tictokers, and reggaeton singers trying to save the world?” Yeap, no words.

BONUS: Yes, I do rely on technology especially during the pandemic where my work flips from being in the community to a cyber world. From the classroom to Blackboard meetings. Form worship services to Zoom calls. From going to the bank to make a direct deposit through my cellphone or get paid on Zelle. Using Google calendar for PTA meetings, classes, doctor’s appointments,s and more. Nevertheless, I am in a constant campaign of not being dependent on it. I know that is necessary for this particular situation and for now is an aid. One of the things to avoid being on my phone if is not necessary is that I don’t have games. I was addicted to Candy Crush and another game, when I realize that I was wasting my time, I erase the app and I don’t have unnecessary apps or distractions on my phone.

This article is very interesting. I feel Carr brought up several good points about the balance of technology in a work/everyday environment. I looked up more information on the two flights he had mention the very first one did have an interesting detail in that apparently while the pilots were trying to get control of the plane and take it out of stall the computer inputted the correct way for the stick to be shifted yet it was the pilots who overruled its authority and forced it into another direction. In this case yes, their lack of training or perhaps lack of experience led them to the wrong and deadly outcome. In the second flight there is no doubt lack of experience led to the unfavorable outcome due to one of the pilots performing the completely wrong procedure while the other was performing the right procedure which further led to the planes eventual crash. There is without a doubt that proper training could have most likely led to these two tragic accidents never happening. And I do agree with his way of solving the issue that some scientists recommend.” You can put limits on the scope of automation, making sure that people working with computers perform challenging tasks rather than merely observing.” By working while the computer is working or being forced to perform the task for a certain amount of time can keep people when being put in these situations more confidence in dealing with the task if eventually the machine stops working or perhaps, they notice the machine is giving some wrong outputs. Knowledge in the long run can only help in these situations and those who leave certain tasks to machines eventually lose out on the knowledge they once had. I believe that improving the skill of the worker as well as the technology collectively is the way to go. Teaching the worker how this system works what tasks it performs for the worker would benefit said person but also constantly making the worker perform said tasks see how the outcome of his work compares to that of the machine and where he can improve teaches him that if this was to fail you can pick up the work easily so long as you work with the machine as opposed to the machine doing all the work. I do think in the eventual future technology will be the forefront of a lot of jobs. Yet at the same time humans provide certain care and uniqueness that no machine can replicate. Some tasks are preferred with technology while others I feel need humans as they can understand or perhaps show more compassion than a machine can. I will say this no machine has ever given me an extra drink or a complimentary item, extra toppings on my Starbucks drink. Even the automated response stuff when calling my bank is extremely annoying, I always prefer speaking to an actual person as we can get straight to the issue at hand. An alternative approach to this could be give the proper training or teach workers how to fix the machines when hiring. Although I do mention this it would require jobs to have much more stricter criteria when hiring candidates. Teaching each person on how to fix the machine would definitely lead to a lot more reliance on technology yet you can also enforce days of the week where the machines are turned off and physical labor must be performed to accomplish the task. Perhaps give each a worker X amount of hours the machine may be turned on and X amount of hours the machine must be off so that they can force workers to remember training, protocols, etc.