After watching some videos about our dependence on technology, and after watching The Matrix, I have come to the conclusion that one day, robots will rule us all. My grandfather would be able to relate to this post, as he still does everything “old school” and believes in doing work without a computer in site. Although my new belief is not that severe, I do question our society’s dependence on technology.

I have often asked myself, what would happen right now if all the bank’s computers just crashed all at once? My presumption is that absolute chaos would immediately follow. Our dependence seems like a necessary evil these days. Do not confuse my apprehension with disdain for technology. I take full advantage of our amazing technological advancements everyday. I play music on my iPod, browse the Internet on my iPad, and play video games on my flat screen T.V. almost everyday.

My point is that I question the integrity of this relationship we have with technology. I was at a bar a couple weekends ago, and their credit card processors shut down completely. This bar was in downtown Austin on a Friday night, it was packed. I then saw as the bartenders literally all go into panic mode and began scrambling around looking for a way to manually process the credit cards. The only problem is there wasn’t any way. I guess the owners’ 100% dependency on this certain type of technology wasn’t an issue until that night. With the combination of people’s impatience, and the fact that most of them were intoxicated, led to people just walking out, and I am sure that bar lost thousands of dollars in revenue that night.

This is just a small example, wonder it this type of thing happened on a national or even worldwide scale? What fail safes do we as a society really have in place? I am going to assume that we are not as prepared as we think. This is why I still believe that when the robots that do our laundry and walk the dog begin to rebel, that will be the day that robots will rule us all.