by Anton Martin Smith antonmartinsmithwrites@gmail.com
Some days I think of ‘Donkeys & Drays’.
& Not becasue I am a ‘freak’ – that is beside the point.
I am musing of the the many mega-foibles, of our medern technology
For The Amish were right,
They said no to the Model T,
& kept their horse & cart.
Once ridiculed as luddites,
They are now looking like geniuses.
For the biblical ‘apple of knowledge’ warning is true:
The idea that Tech will bring forward ‘Utopia’ is probably a sly illusion.
Now that we are about to be enslaved by smart robots,
We are starting to finally get it.
Yes, there will come a day when you trade in your ‘Tesla’ for a ‘Dray’.
You will pick the dray up from the Amish folk,
And The Tesla will be given to the ‘smart robots’ to drive away in.
But because you are wiser than most, you have moved early to become Amish-like.
It’s always wise to be an ‘early adopter’ anyway – is it not?.
For soon you will have no choice:
For while the catch cry of “technology is the future” was true once,
Long term – It was not true for us, it was true for them…the futures artificial beings.
Our future will be full of:
Ridiculously Long Beards,
Dowdy clothing,
Garden-grown food,
Rusty Old Pitchforks,
Campfire musings,
Donkeys, Horses, & Drays.
And we’ll be really surprised that for all of this – we’re all a lot more happier for it.
While pitchforking away the mountains of hay, we will turn to our ex-cubicle workmate & say:
“The Amish were right all along – I’m having a blast, why was I a cubicle-techno-sucker for so long?”.
To which your now long-bearded or long dressed ex-cubicle workmate will say:
“I totally agree, but I do miss coca-cola just a tad”.
To which you will reply by pointing & shouting.
“JUDAS!”,
While still privately thinking they are correct,
Within the privacy of you own mind…
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