Technology

About five minutes ago, I had 400 words written on this blog. I was thinking it was about time to wrap it up, and then post it. Suddenly, my display shuts off for some reason. Amidst swearing and fist waving, I realize the computer is still on and is not responsive. My charger is still plugged in, so it is not an energy deal. I have had this computer, a MacBook Pro, for 6 months, so its still quite new. So why the hell am I going to have to spend another 20 minutes rewriting a completely random piece of free writing that has no real purpose? Because technology (Sorry Fritz Wallace) is consistently unreliable. We live in an age where technology is king, where people continually praise its wonders, its practicality, and its potential. Technology is wonderful, practical, and very powerful, yet it has yet to be flawless. The owners of every major technological enterprise claim with every new device that it is faster and better. Yet I have yet to notice a decreasing number off flaws in the technology I use. Every new piece of technology seems to fail me as frequently as the rest. I am certain that if I explained my woes to some computer expert (Fritz) they would supply an explanation that would only shifts the blame to me, when in fact the truth is that everything that is manufactured using many parts has an increased chance of not working, and a laptop these days has more components than almost anything. The worst part of all this is that computers fail so infrequently that we have started to rely on them too heavily, causing the failure to be so much more devastating. Sigh. I don't know how many words I have but I am posting this now before I am betrayed once more.