I was reading the news recently and I came across this interesting article about introducing holographic security guards in some of the airports in England. My first thoughts were of course, could this world get any crazier. They are introducing holographic security guards as a measure to reduce the workload of airport personnel and I guess in a way to reduce the costs associated with human labor. So these holograms will be at the security checkpoints reminding people about liquid restrictions and having the boarding pass ready. It really does not make much sense to me and it’s making me wonder what modern society has come to. I guess as Russell Edson discusses in his poem ‘Counting Sheep’ this is the downside in science. People have invented the technology for holograms and now they have no idea as to its purpose that they come up with useless applications. I mean seriously how helpful will having a security hologram be in an airport. Personally I think I would probably not take their instructions very seriously, they’ll be more of a joke to me. My posts this week may seem contradicting because I say I love science, yet I am also criticizing science in some of my posts. I really do love science and it stimulates and challenges me, but I think some modern scientists/inventors just take it a step too much.
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