1a. In
just the recent 20th century humankind has achieved many
technological advancements such
as computers, internet, spacecrafts, and nuclear technologies.
1b. It
is important to look toward the future and regulate technology in a way that it
won't become destructive to human
lives or the planet.
2a. The
science fiction television series Dollhouse
is about a corporation with the ability to access
people’s brains and change their memories.
2b. People
then rent these Actives for different reasons.
3a. Topher
Brink was the man to create the Dollhouse technology with the original purpose of giving people temporary skills and
personality traits.
3b. Humans
now had the power to transfer their minds to other bodies.
4a.
This technology did not work out well; eventually the technology to
infect massive amounts of people at once was
developed and entire cities were turned into killing machines.
4b.
In the end a mind restoring technology was created, but the damage to the world
was already done.
5a. This
scene from “Epitaph One” is a flashback that involved Adelle DeWitt and Topher Brink.
5b.
Topher climes back in his hole, still breaking down, and begins to cry
as Adelle comforts him ending the scene.
6a. From this you can see
that Topher was not prepared for the outcome of the technology he developed and regrets it very deeply.
6b. Many
people died and society collapsed.
7a. During
the final scene in "Epitaph One" Mag, Zone, and the mind-imprinted
Caroline climb up the elevator
shaft and arrive in Adelle’s old office.
7b. The
scene ends with the group climbing out the window, starting their journey to
Safe Haven.
8a. This scene shows what
the world has come to after the dollhouse technology got out of control.
8b. The creators of the technology weren’t
careful and the fire of destruction it created burned
the house down, referring to the world.
9a. The
writers of Dollhouse use the rapid development of the dollhouse technology,
from something seemingly good into
something horrible and destructive; to argue that if new fields of study do not have proper
foresight and regulation they can get out of hand and cause chaos and destruction.
9b.
Many lives could have been saved and the threat of nuclear attacks would not be around today (Oppenheimer).
10a.
The atomic bomb is really a prime example how new technology can develop at
such an alarming rate that
there is no real foresight to predict and consider the consequences it will bring.
10b. Oppenheimer’s
official title on the Manhattan Project was "Coordinator of Rapid Rupture," but he later became known as "father
of the atomic bomb” (Oppenheimer).
11a. In
Oppenheimer’s speech to the Association of Los Alamos Scientists on November 2,
1945 he sums up the reasons that this
new technology had such a strong impact by saying
11b. The
first being, the world needs to face the potential threat and deal with it, and
second, the United States was the most
likely to come to a reasonable solution regarding the nuclear weapons (Oppenheimer).
12a. The
points that Oppenheimer brings up are all valid, but should be analyzed from an
ethical stand point.
12b. Last it makes sense that the world should
deal with any potential threat from technology, but that potential doesn’t need to be reached in order to figure out
how it should be controlled, and it is
biased to say that the United States is the best qualified to find a solution.
13a. Price
also writes in his article, “The great tragedy of his life was the decision by
the Atomic Energy Commission in
1954 that he was no longer to be trusted as an official adviser with secret information”(1061).
13b. Many
of the other leading scientists on the Manhattan Project also lacked support
for the crash program.
14a. Even
after seeing the consequences of such weapons some scientists still did not
want to take the proper precautions or
listen to the wisdom of those who had already experienced
and led the creation of other nuclear weapons.
14b. Even
in the modern world there is the same threat and a solution hasn’t yet been completely reached.
15a. Like
in the real world example of nuclear weapons, the dollhouse technology has the ability of mass destruction and death.
15b. The proof that Oppenheimer regrets his
technology is the way he tries to prevent further creation of nuclear weapons.
16a. A scene that shows how they end up dealing
with the technology is toward the end of “Epithaph
Two”, where Adelle and Echo are talking.
16b. He said you should start with the chair.”
Adelle walks away and the scene ends.
17a. This scene shows how the technology was
dealt with in the show.
17b. Cleaning up the side effects of nuclear
technology and dismantling the weapons are solutions
that can be taken from this scene.
18a. Instead of analyzing a specific scene, the
show in its entirety can be viewed as a warning
for what can happen if humans lose control of technology.
18b. It is the creator’s responsibility to see
the possible consequences to best avoid mass destruction
due to uncontrolled technology.
Part two:
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