Cat's Cradle

The quote that I chose from the novel, Cat’s Cradle is “Science has now known sin”(17). The narrator is referring to the atomic bomb. He was still shocked that America can wipe out a whole city with just one bomb (17). Science has caused sin because it is hard to believe that one thing can cause so much pain and disaster.

I somewhat agree with this quote. Technology is very helpful and it makes so many thing in life a lot easier to do. But it can be a bad thing at times as well. Nowadays people have come so dependant on using technology. It is just as bad as it is good. People calling and texting while driving is very dangerous, yet so many people do it because it is so much more convenient to just pick up your phone and write a message. Using cells phones while driving isn’t as bad as a bomb that killed so many people, but it is still wrong for people to do because they are not only putting themselves in danger they are also putting every other person that is on the road in danger. Another thing that is bad about technology is that it has reduced face to face conversations. People used to have to call each other on the phone or have more conversations face to face. Now texting, emailing, IMing, etc. has replaced that. I can’t say that I’m against texting or anything like that because I text so much. But I think it’s sad that people have come so dependant on it. I think that people text and email so much because it is a lot easier to write a message rather than talking to a person.

Cat’s Cradle shows that a humans ideas for technology and the use of that technology can cause a lot of harm and may one day destroy the world. By the end of the novel ice- nine was the cause of death for almost every living thing on earth. I think carelessness is a cause for things that go wrong with technology. There are so many technological advances but if people never learn how to use these high tech gadgets, how is it even worth the time and money spent making new things? Human factor needs to be put into play when new technology is being made because if people can’t figure it out then it’s not going to help at all, even if the technology has the capability to do so much. Science can’t be completely blamed for sin because it’s scientists that come up with the ideas to invent something new, science just made is possible. If that human factor didn’t exist then there would not be sin in science because it was a humans ideas that made the atomic bomb and other things happen. When people are coming up with something new, why don’t they think of the consequences more and focus on the outcome more? Yes, technology is very helpful but there is a bad side to it too.