Seems that the phrase "the future is now" is exactly how people feel when they see news about Hitsune Miku, a holographic pop star rising up to fame in Japan. Yeah, believe it. It's a hologram and she's become so insanely popular that she's touring and her shows are selling like mad.
It's pretty amazing that technology is advancing as quickly as it is. And, if you really think about it, the technology that we're exposed to isn't even the most advanced of it's kind...the military has got all of the latest high tech gear and if we think that the iPad is something amazingly innovative, imagine what the government has in it's pockets.
I love technology. What isn't there to like? It's convenient, it can help solve so many problems that we couldn't solve before. It helps people communicate, aid those who wouldn't be able to otherwise (take Stephen Hawking's voice translator thing for instance. If he didn't have that he'd have a ridiculously hard time communicating with others, if that would even be possible). Technology is so innovative and helpful, but my biggest fear is that it will take over.
Hatsune Miku seems to be like a miracle. She's a digital pop star. She'll never grow old, there will be no paparazzi following her, no scandals of any kind...she's ideal isn't she? And it's not like people wouldn't like her because she's not real...clearly people love her. So what's so bad? I think that by having this kind of advancement, society will slowly shy away from human imperfection and prefer the digitally improved versions of what we can't be. Musicians will be replaced by digital ones, actors and actresses will be computer generated, and even the common person would be turned down for a better computerized version or machine.
I think this is 250 words. Let me continue on another blog hehe.
I heard about this, it really creeps me out, technology is getting out of hand.
ReplyDeleteTechnology is pretty awesome, except it makes us less patient. I'm reminded of this when I have to wait a minute for an app on my iphone to load, I mean I should just be lucky that I have that kind of technology, not mad that it's not working fast enough for me.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah totally. I read/heard somewhere that our generation particularly is really impatient, and we always want things to happen quickly and efficiently. My dad is always telling me that doing things right the first time by going slow and steady is the best way, but I'd way rather it be fast and quick. Oh, how the generation gap widens.
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