Yesterday at about 1150 pm, we experienced a blackout. It was a nightmare! And first I thought it was just The Village, the name of my accommodation, having a power failure. But no! It was the whole street. So the backup generator didn't work as well. We sat in total darkness for nearly one hour before we decided that no more could be done and went off to sleep.
This got me thinking. The human race have always thought themselves to be the highest of all. We rule the land, sea and air. We pride ourselves as the controllers of beasts, regardless of size and strength. We can predict the winds of Mother Nature and ride the storm of the Sea Gods. We are the rulers of all but one. We are all servants to technology.
Indeed, the indisputable fact that humans made machines could easily render everything I have said earlier nonsense but just think about it, if you will. Are we ALL capable of getting modern machinery to do our bidding? I guess the crucial word is "all" and it also depends on the extend of complexity of the technology that you wish to command. For instance, I am certain most of you would know how to fix a blackout caused by a circuit breaker trip. But what happens if is due to a power failure from the main power source in the region? Or the country? Or the world? Would you be able to fix that?
Yes, I'm sure you will if you're a highly educated electrician armed with a pocket fitting tool box equipped with solar and battery operated screw drivers, tiny tweezers which might be used to disarm a bomb and other what-have-you-nots. But for a normal person like me, as like any other normal person in the universe, it is just not possible. Physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and common-sensically impossible. So I am a servant of technology. But who are we kidding? So are you.
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