I agree with Nicholas Carr’s All Can Be Lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machines. Our reliance on technology is steadily increasing and people are getting out of touch with the physical world. In the text, it states “The Q400 was well into its approach to the Buffalo airport, its landing gear down, its wing flaps out, when the pilot’s control yoke began to shudder noisily, a signal that the plane was losing lift and risked going into an aerodynamic stall. The autopilot disconnected, and the captain took over the controls. He reacted quickly, but he did precisely the wrong thing: he jerked back on the yoke, lifting the plane’s nose and reducing its airspeed, instead of pushing the yoke forward to gain velocity. Rather than preventing a stall, Renslow’s action caused one. The plane spun out of control, then plummeted.” Reliance on technology makes us more lazy and without it we wouldn’t do as much. Technology is supposed to be a tool not a digital pacifier to get you through life. Jobs that require more situational awareness should have no reliance on technology.

The incidents were a matter of improving the skills of the workers because putting our trust in technology won’t solve our problems. Technology could fail at any point but people have a greater chance of performing under pressure. This relates to the conterversy of technology taking over our jobs because people trust machines over other people. Important jobs shouldn’t be in control of machines since they can malfunction at any moment, even though humans make mistakes they learn from them and grow but machines can’t. Society needs to maintain a balance between technology and people.

An alternative approach is to have technology and people have certain jobs based on the skills it requires.

I am reliant on technology because it makes certain things easier especially during a pandemic. My college classes and assignments are all online. Sometimes I need to know the weather or write down some notes. It helps me keep in touch with my friends and family. My daily routine revolves around technology but I can live without it.