Humans vs. Computers

          The last blog assignment was to comment on something covered in class, but unfortunately I couldn't make it to class on Monday. So I scanned through some of the links listed on the syllabus and I found that a recurring theme was computers becoming a part of humans. From Google-glasses to the interview from "Kim's Reports" about people wearing computers, I found that scientists are determined to push the boundaries of the relationship between humans and computers. The interview describes gloves that allow people to control computers with a swish of the hand, and also goes into detail about the glasses from Google. These glasses allow you to search the internet and video chat without needing an actual computer. The interview describes Google glasses as "a smartphone on your face". While this is a impressive invention that has taken technology to a whole new level, I am not a fan of the idea. 
          I researched reactions of people with Google glasses, and I found an article from the New Yorker  about a day in the life of a man with Google glasses. While the article described all the information the man found using the glasses, such as flight delays, news reports, and restaurants around him, it also described how his eyes began to hurt, he felt nauseous after wearing them all day, and people noticed him constantly flicking his head and swiping his lenses and speaking to his glasses. While getting tons of information with a simple voice command may be appealing to some people, it is easy enough to pull out your smartphone and check this information manually. I believe smartphones and computers can already do so much that we don't need to push them any further. I find it sad that people are too lazy to just read a newspaper if they want news updates. Do we really need information displayed in our everyday line of sight? If people spend all their time surfing the web on their glasses, how will they be able to pay attention to what is actually happening in front of them? People will start to miss out on life or even worse, Google glasses will become people's lives. Below is the link to the article I read.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/08/05/130805fa_fact_shteyngart?currentPage=all