Technological Advancements

• The nets
• The desks
• The game - Battle room
• Giants Drink
• freezing guns
• locker with thumb print
• school in space
• space suits
• space ships
• lights on the path
• monitor
• simulators
• Laser guns
• simulated gravity

1. Do you think that the story presents technological advance as being positive or negative?

I think that the story represents the technological advances as being both positive and negative. There are aspects that are positive such as the desks and locker with thumb print access. These show how the technological advancements can make life easier. The are also aspects that are negative such as school in space, the net and the virtual reality gaming. These examples are negative because the school is like an extended boarding school and harder to communicate, the net releases information that can be used against people and others and the virtual reality gaming becoming a main part of someones life and preventing the ability to tell reality from virtual. 

2. What part do humans play in this advancement of technology? Do they drive the advancement or are the victims?

Humans play an important role in the advancement of technology because majority is made and tested by them. They are not just driving the advancement but also fall victim to it because with the great technology people and other races want it. They however are not the only ones to drive the technology in the book as the Buggers are a race that have been fighting with the humans and bring new weapons. From this aspect the humans fall victim to them.