Technological Oppression Throughout history, the newest weapon has always been the most influential. Fire, cannons, and now, technology. Apple, Google, and ChatGPT are all seen as innocent innovations, meant to make our lives better. Society sets a self-fulfilling prophecy by entrusting that these developments will be used for the greater good. Carl Sagen, a noted American astronomer and an influential figure in the scientific community, once said, “We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” Sagan alludes to how an ignorant society tends to live within their comforts while ignoring any possible unrest. In both societies, technology rules, while people are scared to openly express independent …show more content…
When Faber and Montag converse about society's inattentiveness of intelligence, Faber recollects his experiences, exclaiming that “If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn,” telling Montag that he must educate himself, or he won't ever grow as a person, leaving him in the same zombie state everyone else is in (Bradbury, 104). Montag had just figured out that everything had been a lie, due to the lack of substantial information available to the population. An educated person is obsolete through a mask of ignorance spread through technology. Technology’s muzzle is further highlighted by Mildred. Bradbury places Mildred as a foil for Montag; she is so blinded by technology that she cannot comprehend the possibilities of the world. Every time Montag comes home, she sits with “the little seashells” in her ears, listening to “music and talk and music and talk” instead of doing anything worthwhile (Bradbury,