Devils

When humans rely so much on something, in this case technology, they are more inclined to execute a negative outcome or “revenge effect.” Cars, for example, get one to where they want to go quicker but the also cause accidents, traffic, pollution and more negative outcomes. This is because one puts so much trust into what they rely on that actions start to alter in different ways. Tenner says, “Technology, too, is evolving and responding. The one thing we will not be able to do is avoid the endless rituals of vigilance” (Tenner 433). The advancement of technology is creating more negative outcomes then ever before. This is because technology has such a large impact on humans, that when technology evolves quickly the negative outcomes occur more often. This is the case in Gladwell’s essay when he tries to prove that Goetz does fit the stereotype of his negative actions. Gladwell continues by saying, “ Here, in short, was a man with an authority problem, with a strong sense that the system wasn’t working, who had been the recent target of humiliation” (Gladwell 158). Goetz’s actions that day were in fact an example of a revenge effect. Because of Goetz’s negative past experiences that he faced, his future actions were affected. His actions were altered because he relied so much on his past.

When talking about revenge effects, Tenner says, “Human culture, not some inherent will of the machine, has created most revenge effects” (Tenner 451). Tenner proves that humans are the reason why so many revenge effects occur. Humans are the ones that are pushing technology to evolve. They want to keep pushing it to the maximum and keep improving it because the more it improves the easier life is for them. When they do that they are causing a lot more revenge effects to happen. Gilbert says, “When the experience we are having is not the experience we want to be having, our first reaction is to go out and have a different one” (Gilbert 141). Humans never want to be doing...