#EDCMOOC Idiocracy: A Dystopian Technology Story

It seemsthere are quite a few films that are actually dystopian stories about technology gone awry. I was initially torn between discussing Terminator where we make the machines so smart, they take over, or Idiocracy, where the machines do everything, people become dependent on them, and as a result the people become stupid.I think I’ll choose Idiocracy. Idiocracy is, by far, a more likely scenario, though let’s hope not. In the movie, a modern man of average intelligence is sent into the fut...