Utopias and Dystopias

There are many metaphors about the machines against the world since the technological era began.

In my opinion, all of this is to promote the ignorance about these and how to use them. It's about the power of the knowledge and the development of the world. Ignorance in the digital culture and the risk of the democracy the power it brings to us.

On other hand, it brings a risk because it means to be involved in a movement that has it's own life. But we don't have to forget that we are participants in this development. So, when authors said about the lost of control about the "machines and technology" we have to know that the humans are the brain in this movement. The fear comes to lost the control about the population.

In a mass media era, the control of population was easy. Television programmes, the press, education systems... All of them was programmed to send the same message.

Nowadays it has changed, and all the information has an anarchic system. The blogosphere has become more influential and there are more sources for research.

Also it brings the chance to create an open debate about everything, so for this reason we can cultivate our critical thinking and give the opportunity to our students to improve theirs.

It's time to put it to good use and start free education.