Devils in Depth: All about technology
“Devils in Depth” is a project that gets down to earth and captures the diversity of Arizona State’s student population. We engage in conversations with students in an effort to learn more about their passions and get a feel for who they really are. Then we ask them their thoughts on a central theme. This week’s theme is centered on the impact of technology on our daily lives.
Marissa
“I think the self-driving Ubers are probably a bit much, just a little sketchy. I’ve always been really sketched out about them. Just the fact that it’s not in human control. The robot person is sketchy too — I think they should stop that immediately!”
“If I notice myself being on social media too much in a day, I put my phone away for a couple hours and I just go about my day.”
Julian
“I would say [I can’t live without] my computer. There’s a lot of technology I can’t live without, I guess I’d go with my fridge first of all.”
“I could do so much more with an oven. Right now, I’ve only got a microwave and the best I can do is cheese crisps — it’s pathetic! I tried to make beef Wellington the other day, that does not work in a microwave.”
“I like the idea of roadways for only automated cars, where there’s just no need for a speed limit because the cars are driving themselves.”
“There was a period of time — I believe it was Queen Elizabeth I was talking to Reverend Lee. Reverend Lee was a person who invented the automatic sewing machine. When he first brought it up, Queen Elizabeth replied saying ‘oh, this would turn my great citizens into beggars.’ And now with sewing machines and washing machines saving so much time, we don’t see women becoming beggars, we see them working in society.”
Rashmi
“I was thinking about this [ideal invention] the other day: I was working on a project, and I [wanted] something that would visualize [the project] and give like a written report.”
“I love reading, so many times — I’m a computer science student, I have to sit at my laptop — so sometimes I just take a break, have a nice cup of tea and keep reading a book.”
Joseph
“I honestly hate my phone. I hate being on it, I hate the thought of people being trapped in their phone.”
“I don’t believe there’s such a thing as technology going too far. I think that [people constantly checking their phones] is a lot of how you’re being raised. Some people when they’re raising their kids, they now get a phone in, what, elementary school? I didn’t have a phone until freshman year of high school.”
Morgan
“I’m really lucky because I have a refreshable braille display and it’s an individual little computer and you can type word documents on it. I actually have one. I can’t think of anything else I don’t have that I want.”
“I guess I would like to have something that gives me a visual perspective of what’s around me, like touch where I could walk and feel the terrain changing — kind of like a map. Or something with sound, where it would tell me, ‘the stairs are over there!’ Something that tells me what’s going on.”
“I have that addiction thing where you wake up and you’re like, Where’s the phone? Where’s the phone?’ I can’t, even now my phone is in my backpack, but I have this [Apple] Watch…I can’t separate myself from technology, I don’t separate myself. I should, but I don’t.”
