How Does The Author Present The Use Of Technology In A Utopian Society

Government and Technical Difficulties
As defined by Merriam Webster’s dictionary a government is “the group of people who control and make decisions for a country or state” (Webster). Governing bodies help to define society by means of defining laws and regulations and enforcing them. It also falls under the responsibility of the government to make vital decisions that will shape their nation's future. Through the decisions a government makes, the true aspirations of the governing body can be found. The use of technology gives a government a key avenue for successfully attaining these aspirations. The novels I, Robot, 1984, and V for Vendetta each portray the use of technology in governance but not in a unified way. Where I, Robot depicts technology

The key technological feature that is consistently used throughout I, Robot is robotics. There are two stories in I, Robot in which technology directly impacts government. The first is in Evidence, In Evidence a lawyer, Stephen Byerley, creates a robot in his own image that runs for mayor. Some people speculated that the Byerley that was running for mayor was a robot and so tried to thwart his plans and unveil his true identity. In an attempt to bring out Byerley’s true nature his opponent Quinn seeks to find qualities in him that are not human. One such quality is that Byerley believes in “the cure, rather than the punishment for crime”, but this is dismissed because a kind hearted person could hold the same belief (Asimov 184). In any case the election of a person who may or may not be a robot was a leap for the role of technology. Through Byerley technology had proven itself as a functional asset to society in more than physical labor and advanced mathematics. Robots could carry leadership positions and do so in an admirable way. From this advancement the final story emerges. The Evitable Conflict shows the grandest use of technology in the novel. In The Evitable Conflict a group of machines is given the responsibility of running the world. These machines take on a universal understanding of the three laws of

In 1984 a corrupt government uses technology to maintain the status quo and promote their own agenda. One use of technology by the government in 1984 is the use of telescreens. The telescreens are used as a means of spreading propaganda about the party throughout the nation more importantly the telescreens are used to spy on the people. This was a fact that the people knew and understood, Winston “thought of the telescreen with its never-sleeping ear. They could spy upon you night and day” (Orwell 166). Through this use of technology the government in 1984, by means of the thought police, set out to control the minds of the people it governed. Unlike in I, Robot where the people lacked free will but we kept unaware, the people of 1984 knew deep down, as Winston did, that they had no free will, but were powerless to stop it. The people lacked any means to retaliate because the government had complete control. This was in part because the government also controlled who did what in society and prevented all but a select few people the use of technology. Governing in a manner in which the most advanced innovations are either kept from the people or are destroyed entirely is harsh and stops the possibility of advancement. Advancement may shift the delicate balance of power between the three super-states and bring about disaster, or so the government says. This is cowardice, hiding in the ‘acceptable’ swamp of