MARGALLO, Jessa Mae J.

Ma’am Sarah Jane Zaragoza

GEC17 MTh 9:00-10:30am

ASYNCHRONOUS TASK 7 LECTURE 7

Documentary Analysis 1: The Future Shock - Alvin Toffler

Future Shock is a documentary film based on Alvin Toffler's book of the

same name, published in 1970. He wrote this book, which hypothesized a
disturbing psychological state caused by change that is so quick that the human
mind can't process it, and for the first time established the concept of "information
overload." The video confronts consumerism and information overload as it
examines the transition from industrial civilization to what Toffler refers to as
"super-industrial society." The film is a great reminder that society have always
feared new technology but eventually adapted to it.

The film isn't really my cup of tea because of its graphics and audio but it
was understandable as the setting is set in 1972. At the start of the film, the
narrator, who I assumed was Orson Welles, said something that piqued my
interest: "Our modern technologies have changed the degree of sophistication
beyond our wildest dreams. But this technology has exacted a pretty heavy price.
We live in an age of anxiety and time of stress. And with all our sophistication, we
are in fact the victims of our own technological strengths. We are the victims of
shock, a future shock.” This sparked my interest in learning more about the future
shock to which he refers.

Future shock refers to the physical and psychological anguish experienced

by those who are unable to cope with the pace with which societal and
technological developments occur. Future shock, according to Orson, is a
sickness caused by too much change in too little time. The film simply tells us
that as modern technology develops and grows, its impact on society becomes
increasingly disturbing. Everything, including our personal life and how we
connect with others, would be influenced by the growing digital world.

We have so many options, so many decisions to make, and we have to

make them so quickly that none of us can avoid the demands. That is the
essence of future shock. "Do we really want the future that rapid technological
progress is bringing?" we must question ourselves. We are on the verge of a
major shift in our relationship with the technology we've developed. In my
opinion, many people in our generation are under pressure to do what society
expects them to do. Many people suffer from sadness or mental anguish as a
result of this. It is critical to understand that as humans, we must allow ourselves
to breathe and not become overly reliant on technology. We must not become
engrossed in technological advancements.
Documentary Analysis 2: The Day After Trinity (1981) - Oppenheimer

The Day After Trinity was a documentary film by Jon Else that follows the
life of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb. The film focuses on Robert
Oppenheimer, whom it refers to as "the guy who built the bomb." Why is the film
called The Day After Trinity? "The Day After Trinity" refers to the first day after
the bomb (called the "Gadget" by its developers) was tested in the remote desert
of New Mexico. The Day After Trinity is a frightening voyage through the start of
the nuclear age, an insightful history of humanity's greatest questionable
achievement and the man responsible for it. This gripping video provides a
fascinating look at the scale and power of the Nuclear Age, with archive material
and commentary from scientists and soldiers intimately involved with the
Manhattan Project.

Oppenheimer persuaded scientists and their families to join him for the
remainder of the war in a location he couldn't reveal in order to work on a project
he couldn't expose. They did have a meeting, according to Robert Wilson, about
whether or not to continue bombing since they knew it was ethically wrong.
Oppenheimer, on the other hand, believed that the world should be aware of the
prospect of building an atomic bomb and that it should not be kept a secret. They
all agreed that Oppenheimer was correct, and work on the atomic weapon
continued. The first uranium bomb was detonated at the Trinity site in New
Mexico on July 16, 1945. An atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on
August 6, 1945. Over 100,000 people were killed, 40,000 were injured, and
20,000 went missing. A plutonium bomb was dropped three days later in
Nagasaki, Japan, killing 80,000 people. A Los Alamos research team was
dispatched to Japan in September to investigate the effects of the two bombs.
After the second airstrike, the Japanese surrendered.

The top-secret Manhattan Project was actually a program formally

authorized by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 6, 1941. The
program's purpose is to capitalize on recent scientific advances and fast produce
an operational military weapon of startling destructive capability in less than four
years, despite all odds. But because of this project, a lot of people have been
sacrificed. The effect of the bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki left a massive
destruction in both the place and its people. I am aware that Japan initiated the
war but to think that there are innocent people affected who live in the
neighborhoods where the bomb was detonated. It's heartbreaking to think that
they died in a war they didn't desire in the first place. People should put their
intelligence to good use in order to create something that will benefit humanity.
The nuclear bomb not only kills a lot of people, but it also has an impact on the
ecosystem. Creating a bomb to be used as a war weapon is a lot of responsibility
because this weapon can kill a lot in just a matter of second. It may a guarantee
a direct win in a war but it is without a doubt a dangerous weapon that should not
be used recklessly and scientists should ponder a lot of the not just the effects of
bombs during a war but also its aftermath.