It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” These words were said by Albert Einstein, who created many technological advancements himself. The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury was published in 1953 and is about a society where technology is much more advanced than out current technology. People spend their time driving fast or watching TV to distract themselves from having to think. In this world books are illegal, and anyone caught with books is taken away. Montag has been a fireman for years, which means he burns books. He eventually realizes that the knowledge in books should not be hidden by keeping and reading books himself, so he plants books in firemen houses, but he ends up getting caught with …show more content…
In Bradbury's book, there is an evil robotic hound dog, and obviously that doesn’t exist today, however we have robots that have replaced people. When you walk into a restaurant often there is a screen which has the menu on it, you order your food without even talking to anybody, wait for it to be made and eat it. But with this process people are not getting human contact. Human contact is vital for our mental health. Think back to the covid lockdown in 2020, there were peaks of anxiety and depression because of the lack of contact with people. The numbers started to decrease in 2021 and 2022 when the lockdown was lifted, and people could communicate in person with others. In 1953 when Fahrenheit 451 was published, TVs were big boxes in black and white. Bradbury predicted Tv’s to become flatter and bigger, in the story they were a whole wall. Mildred was watching Tv, and the book stated, “He saw her leaning toward the great shimmering walls of color and motion where the family talked and talked and talked to her, where the family prattled and chatted and said her name and smiled at her.” This describes how people are today, they are more invested in shows. People now know pretend characters better than their own friends or family. At least 55% of Americans spend one hour watching TV, many of them up to four hours. All this time is being wasted on nonexistent people when instead real-life interaction could