As We Are Now

A portion of your question, "as we are now," is the key to the demise of society. If society continues without drastic changes, it will face severe difficulties. Why? Human beings have become both complacent and dependent, at an alarming rate, on machines or AI to run our lives.

The most brazen example of my statement, UNITED AIRLINES. Arbitrarily, I must repeat ARBITRARILY, a computer picked a random passenger and tossed him off the plane. This example is the tip of a very dangerous iceberg. The apps used on smartphones places everything we want at our fingertips, including banking. Is it possible that one day there will be no more currency as we know it?

How much privacy do you have? That is if we care. Maybe society is changing, and we will live all our lives as open books so everyone, including hackers, can do whatever they want to all of us. Oh no, companies promise that could never happen, "A Breach," how ridiculous.

We constantly want to be entertained similar to Rome before the fall of the Empire. They found a way to dumb down the masses, so their inept government could run unchecked. Today, how convenient, fly packages to our doors, so we don't leave our houses. As a society, we demand instant gratification. Also, feed us information via the Internet even if it might be false or manipulated because who would lie to us.

What must I say about Cyberbullying or Identity Theft? The legal system is still trying to figure what to do about those. The world is not perfect it has never been nor will it ever be. Commercials are showing people walking down streets streaming a movie or a television program as they walk. Texting while driving because it is imperative we communicate now, do not wait. If we believe our lives are better with hashtags and emojis and that talking and communicating with one another is pointless than, "as we are now," might serve as a warning sign.