Matthew Winant - blog #14 (outside reading, 5/7)

I went on a Michael Crichton binge over the summer and winter holidays and continued in my free time to slowly progress through most of his novels. I recently finished his first, Andromeda Strain, last week. Along side with Neuromancer by William Gibson, it is scary to see how far we have come as a society in technological terms. It seems every day there is a new technological threat, whether it be biological or computer based, our day to day lives are also composed with media based fear. Andromeda Strain has no real connection to the transcendence, but it does paint a picture of biological disaster created from technological advancement. I feel like within our lifetime we will encounter a technological advancement that will spell disaster for America or other countries of the world. Movies such as Terminator hold possibly within our realm of A.I., especially being developed for dangerous industry.