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This video completely stunned me. There were so many facts stated in such a short amount of time and each and every one is true; whether we like it or not. I too asked the following question brought up by Austin: “As humans become more dependent upon technology, what will the future look like?” After seeing this video how can we ask any question other than that? One of the main things that bothered me after seeing this video is the realization that education is becoming less and less valued and special to people. With each year that passes, more and more technology is replacing precious resources of knowledge and learning. One of the most prominent examples of this is that students are hardly ever using books or encyclopedias anymore when doing research; they instead head straight to a computer and go to Google.com to look up the answer. I cannot deny it; I too am sometimes guilty of this, but I hope that people soon come to realize the importance of education and learning in every country and every culture. No matter what era someone is from, education should always be of the utmost importance. It needs to be respected and anyone, anywhere should have the opportunity to gain knowledge and learn things. Although technology has brought information to places that otherwise would not receive it, we must learn to control the amount of dependency that we place on things such as computers; they are only so reliable.