Top 10 RIDICULOUS Things We’re Trying to Accomplish With TECHNOLOGY

Today we live in an increasingly digital and technological society. While it’s certainly good to continue to build on our knowledge, create things that continue to improve our world, and make our lives easier in the process, not all technology is necessarily good. Many people jump to the latest technology or companies will spend billions on a new idea, just because it sounds cool, because they can, without wondering for a moment if they actually should.

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10. Self Driving Cars And Their Consequences
9. Trying To Come Up With Algorithms With Which To Predict The Future Of Mankind
8. Achieve Immortality Through Whatever Means Necessary
7. Touchscreens Have Set Us Back In Terms Of Interfacing With Technology
6. Voice Activation And Speech Recognition Is A Gigantic Waste Of Time And Money
5. Attempting To Create A True Artificial Consciousness With Full Sentience
4. Allowing Our Power Grids to Be Controlled By And Connected To A Network
3. The Movement By Companies To Automate And Digitally Integrate Every Home Appliance
2. Virtual Reality Research Is Breaking New Ground, But Not Asking The Right Questions
1. Using Cutting Edge Medical Technology To Cosmetically Change People’s Eye Color To Blue

Source/Further reading:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/23/the-problem-with-self-driving-cars-who-controls-the-code
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/algorithm-watch-tv-predict-future
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/18/live_forever_can_science_deliver_immortality/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gil-laroya/how-the-touch-screen-beca_b_5176418.html
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/20/opinion/wheeler-voice-recognition/
http://www.techinsider.io/artificial-intelligence-machine-consciousness-expert-stuart-russell-future-ai-2015-7
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2016/02/02/u-s-power-grid-is-vulnerable-but-dont-panic-just-yet.html
http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/04/technology/samsung-smartphone-fridge/
http://www.wareable.com/vr/vr-and-vice-9232
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/07/14/death-by-pokemon-public-safety-fears-mount-as-pokemon-go-craze-continues.html
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/04/tech/mci-brown-eyes-blue/
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