Assignment 2, Module 2

In Blade Runner, the reason that Rachel thinks that she's human is because she has fake memories. She even has pictures that convince her that she is indeed human. So, technology makes her feel human. I think that since she is a technological creation, she knows what a human is and what an android is, but she doesn't know the difference between what a human feels and what an android feels...if this makes any sense. She knows how she feels, and she thinks that she's human, so she thinks that all humans feel the same way as her. Androids use technology to create feelings, such as the photograph and the mood organ, while humans use technology to preserve memories and not to create them.

I think that humans are technological because we have to be. Where would humans be if there was no dependence on technology? If we weren't dependent on technology we wouldn't even be able to communicate effectively. I think it is human nature to want more and to try to improve things. I think that technology is a part of human nature, and this is one of the things that make us human. Humans use technology to preserve the past, not to create it, so I think we are more human for creating the technology to be able to preserve the past.