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Someone born towards the end of the 20th century would be hard pressed to comprehend how technology has changed lives for the very simple reason that he has always been used to the all pervasive reach of technology in almost every field of life. Like the ‘matrix’ in the movie by the same name, every aspect of life is subject to a perhaps unconscious control and manipulation by the omnipotent and omnipresent big brother. There is perhaps no place in the world that cannot be reached, or be untouched, by the fingerprints of modern science. The Morse code operators of the yesteryears would turn in their graves if they could see how easy and effortless it is now to contact anyone, anywhere in the world. All that is needed is the unseen yet omnipresent ether and a device to harness it. One might be snoozing in a hammock swaying gently in the sea breeze on a beach in St. Tropez or be at a memorial service, the ubiquitous cell phone can arrest us with its loud and insistent summons. We are lonelier than ever in this world made tiny by networking websites. We’ve befriended strangers and have become strangers with ourselves.
Taking a look at the gas-guzzling ‘Hummers’ of today that can go up or down almost impossible inclines, it would be very hard to comprehend that the first ‘T-Model’ by Ford could not climb hills because its fuel intake was located at the front end of the gas tank and a sharp incline would cause the fuel to flow back from the intake thereby starving it. Today we drive across deserts, wade through streams and drive scores of miles everyday to work. Much like the ‘SkyPak’ man from the famous advertisements, our cars and SUVs take us anywhere and everywhere. Nothing is sacrosanct, no place too remote and no destination too far. We have left our footprints in places which, for our ancestors, would have been inaccessible just a couple of centuries ago. We have polluted and defiled both the earth and our environment. Wherever our reach increases, our Carbon footprint follows as we go merrily shooting holes in the ozone layer enveloping the earth. The holes might be just tiny pinpricks on the cosmic scale, but every time we rev up those engines, we are sending up tiny tendrils of annihilation.