Personal Narrative: Progression Of Technology

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I was one who believed in the progression of technology. We didn't have to do chores or get a job. There was none of what my grandmother called 'school'. It was wonderful, we had free time for whatever we wanted. Whenever we became ill, the Bots tended to us. They made us food, clothing, and did all the work around the house. We only needed one Bot to last our whole life. As well as our personal Bots, there were business Bots who replaced our parent's jobs so they could relax, and spend more time with us. So many new business opened because Bots were so cheap that everyone could afford them. Well, almost everyone. There are still people living on the streets and in parking lots, but it's been like that for decades my mom tells me. "It's never been this bad!" my grandmother would say to that. My grandmother was what you would call a Shunner. A paranoid, and usually old person, who doesn't believe in technological advances. My grandmother has been against the movement since she learned about Bots in ‘junior high’. She didn't say much about it to my parents, but whenever I was part of a conversation, she'd hint towards the anti-progression movement. It wasn't very large, the movement consisted of the Shunners, and the homeless. People who were replaced by Bots were usually happy, but not these people. I …show more content…

My father worked at a software company in Vermont. It was a huge corporation with thousands upon thousands of workers. It was a very high paying job, and only excepted those of the highest education. It’s gotten easier for people to get a higher education because of the bots, since schools and universities can buy a Bot as smart, if not smarter than already existing professors, for only their year’s salary. That made University cheaper, and more educational than ever before. Anyways, the point is that he was not the only one who got to work for such a large and refined company, which means he wasn't the only one affected by the

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