IS TECHNOLOGY A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD?
The clock struck five and a melodious salutation greeted my ears. ‘Good morning,’ said the electronic watch and within a few seconds, a robotic arm presented before me my bed tea. Jenie, my personal robot, arranged hot water for me to bathe while Quennie, my robot, to whom I had entrusted the management of the kitchen, came on its wheels and took my order for breakfast While Jenie stirred sugar in my tea with her shining steel alloyed arms, i took the newspaper and started glancing through the news. I was stunned on reading that the Talibans bombarded New York city and its adjoining areas with chemical weapons even though they had caused great havoc by destroying the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. The thought that technology has given birth to fierce techno-wars between nations makes my head spin. So severe was the impact of the dreadful news on me that when i turned towards Jenie to lift the teacup from its steel alloyed arms, I imagined its arm splitting into bone-shaped rods a
