Blog #5

An issue facing us today that can also relate to Chaplin's speech in The Dictator is that of the take over of technology. Chaplin discussed how technology is not a negative thing, but its effects and how it makes humans act can be negative. This is seen with the use of cell phones. While cell phones are useful and helpful objects, they do pose a threat to basic human interaction. Even walking around campus there are so many people practically glued to their phones.
Chaplin stated that basic human instincts were good, yet society, with its technological advances, was spreading negative things such as greed. Technology is not bad, but what comes from it can be. While cell phones are good and useful there is a time and place for them. Some people think it is more important to update their instagram than it is to start up a conversation with someone else. While Chaplin probably never realized the severity of the issue of technology, he did acknowledge that it could be a problem.

This image shows how different we are now that we have cell phones. We are less social and engaged and more focused on our phones than what is going on around us. We should take Chaplin's words to heart and make sure not to let technology destroy our humanity.