New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future Literary Elements

Novel

The book is written in the context of the impact of technology on social life.

Third-person narrative

The tone is informative, and the tone is reflective.

The protagonist of the story is the narrator.

The major conflict is that technology is misused when employed to make bombs, nuclear weapons and other components that are destructive to humanity. Similarly, some of the information that leaks endangers the privacy of the technology users.

The climax comes when the author concludes that the same technology can solve the problems and dangers posed by technology through human discipline.

The introduction of technology foreshadows a dark future.

Technological advancement is understated. Technology is good if it is used to benefit humanity, but when misused, it can destroy lives.

The story alludes to the dark side of technology.

The dark side of technology is described using imagery. The author says, "The argument set out in this book is that, like climate change, the effects of technology are widespread across the globe and are already affecting every area of our lives. These effects are potentially catastrophic and result from the inability to comprehend the turbulent and networked outputs of our inventions."

The advancement of technology is entirely paradoxical. Instead of using technology for human benefit and environmental conservation, it destroys lives and the climate.

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Technology is personified as an individual who makes decisions independently.