1. I agree with what Carr said that our reliance on technology becomes stronger and stronger, technology makes it easy for people to do a lot of things, whether it’s at work, at school, at home, etc. These conveniences are what make people start to get more and more inseparable from technology, and I think most people will no longer do things that make them struggle and work hard compared to the conveniences they already enjoy, and that’s what leads to examples like the plane crash mentioned in Carr’s article, is when there are technical problems that happen, people start to panic and start to let things become unplanned and even make low-level mistakes and judgments. One way we can solve this problem is, as Carr mentions in his article, “You can put limits on the scope of automation, making sure that people working with computers perform challenging tasks rather than merely observing.”

2. I think it’s a matter of improving both technology and the skills of the workers but first of all is to improve the skills of workers, because technology is made by people, so if you want to improve technology, the first thing to do is to improve the skills of workers, the skills of immediate reaction in the face of technical problems and any skills on the job that can help and improve, skills are the one thing that really belongs to them, technology can have problems at any time. As the workers’ skills improve, then the technology will improve as well.

3. I think it is somewhat related to the concern of technology taking jobs because it is true that many jobs that used to require manual labor have been replaced by technology, so if technology advances again then more of the current jobs will be replaced by technology. I think my position is a bit wavering because I do enjoy the convenience that technology brings me but if technology replaces a lot of jobs it means I may also have a hard time finding a job in the future.

4. The only alternative I can think of is to make a clear distinction between the work that technology can do and people, to give people a strong sense of what skills they need to have and what skills technology cannot replace, to have a clear understanding of what they are doing, and be convinced that technology is not perfect either and that people cannot rely on it completely, especially in the face of something that has security risks.

Bonus: I am very reliant on technology, especially during this epidemic period where I can’t live without it as I need to use the internet daily for online classes, doing homework, taking exams, etc. Also, I like to watch TV shows, videos, read novels and listen to music online in my free time.