This is my favorite poem that we have read so far this semester, but I especially liked the final two lines. In the final two lines, Christopher writes, “towering over them / and filling them with dread of heights”. I interpret this to mean that sometimes we create things that instill fear in others, and I think that is especially relevant today with the advances in technology and many people fearing how far it will go. These tall buildings that are being constructed are bringing about a fear of heights, which we didn’t really have before, since we could not get that high. And today we have many new fears related to the advancements in technology.
The Arts, The City, and Me: Encounters with New York
Professor Drabik – Fall 2014
I agree with everything you say and I think the message of the poem is true and can serve as a way to “wake up” those that are working in modern science to fully understand that what they create can have extra effects that are not known. You should watch this video of John Oliver interviewing Steven Hawking. In one section of the video, they discuss artificial intelligence and the impact it can potentially have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPV3D7f3bHY