Technology and Research
Technology is a crazy thing. People rely on it for more and more things like securing and heating their homes with automation over a network. As seen this weekend, cyber terrorists are getting more sophisticated in their attacks and interrupting more things in our daily lives.
There's some good things to having technology do things like lock our doors or control our thermostats. I don't understand it all too well, but I know it's supposedly pretty safe. However, anything transmitted over a network can be vulnerable to interception and malicious intents. Can you imagine being locked out of your house by hackers/ cyber terrorists? Or having your lights or heat shut off by them? I hope that never comes to be. Oh, and the answer of just going to Apple won't work forever. (Or whomever might be the next Microsoft or Apple. ) If everyone goes to Apple, eventually cyber terrorists will find a way to crack their supposedly impenetrable defenses. It would only be a matter of time, because cyber terrorists will need to find victims. Now matter what system they're on.
Of course, there's good things about technology. We can keep in touch with friends and family like never before. We have learned amazing things and created detailed art. You can learn about almost anything on the Internet. For example, I've been researching the layout of 16th century Rome and some of its ruins and landmarks for part of book 3. It's quite fascinating.
Yet, we cannot allow ourselves to fall into complacency. It is good to know how to do things the "old-fashioned way" just in case our all powerful technology fails...for whatever reason.
There's some good things to having technology do things like lock our doors or control our thermostats. I don't understand it all too well, but I know it's supposedly pretty safe. However, anything transmitted over a network can be vulnerable to interception and malicious intents. Can you imagine being locked out of your house by hackers/ cyber terrorists? Or having your lights or heat shut off by them? I hope that never comes to be. Oh, and the answer of just going to Apple won't work forever. (Or whomever might be the next Microsoft or Apple. ) If everyone goes to Apple, eventually cyber terrorists will find a way to crack their supposedly impenetrable defenses. It would only be a matter of time, because cyber terrorists will need to find victims. Now matter what system they're on.
Of course, there's good things about technology. We can keep in touch with friends and family like never before. We have learned amazing things and created detailed art. You can learn about almost anything on the Internet. For example, I've been researching the layout of 16th century Rome and some of its ruins and landmarks for part of book 3. It's quite fascinating.
Yet, we cannot allow ourselves to fall into complacency. It is good to know how to do things the "old-fashioned way" just in case our all powerful technology fails...for whatever reason.
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