been at the mercy of technology at this time. All in all I definitely feel that, in this case, a business is better off using technology than going without it. On the basis of his statement, Thoreau would probably disagree with me saying that this technology is only the beginning. Before long there will be robots and computers waiting the tables, cooking the food, and mixing the drinks. He might suggest that eventually only one person will be needed to run such a business, and that person is the one who supplies all of the capital and buys the equipment. Then the place would just run itself, while that person sits back and reaps the benefits. My counter-argument would be this, so long as there are people in this world who are interested in getting the most value for their dollar, they would rather be at a place where they are treated like a person, by a person. The alternative option is this, every time you want or need a service, you will become nothing more than an invoice number. You will talk to a computer about what ever is your current need, and then if you are lucky, that need will be quickly satisfied. The truth is nobody really wants to be an invoice number. So as far as society being taken over by technology completely, I can't imagine that will ever happen. I believe that we as a society will use technology to every advantage possible, but it will always be used to our advantage and it will always improve the quality of our lives. We need to be sure that we stick with our values and make sure that technology doesn't get out of hand. A lot of people disagree on what exactly is too much technology. In my opinion we can always keep adding technology to our ev...
