In Alpha Ralpha Boulevard, Paul and Virginia, are used to the convenience of their utopian world. When they venture elsewhere, they are shocked when light posts do not offer them food. Although Paul winds up surviving the voyage, they both could have easily died from starvation.
They were wholly repulsed by the homunculi, which are animals that are made into human-like beings. However, Paul is more accepting of them than Virginia. Paul actually asks a C’mell (cat-person) for her name—even though he knows that they don’t actually have names, since they are not humans. After entertaining the C’mell, he scolds himself, “Cat people are below us and should be shunned.”
In the end, Paul’s newfound openness toward C’mell saves him from falling down…show more content… Humans simply are not meant to exist in perpetual bliss. He goes to the Abbaa-dingo not for its predictions, but for the fearful journey.
Moreover, another technological feat that impacts the society in Alpha Ralpha Boulevard is the amount of power the Instrumentality has. The citizens learn knew languages in their sleep. The government puts out diseases and when the right amount of people die, they remove them. They program machines that replace doctors and waiters. They even control the citizens’’ thoughts, because, as we see in the end, the doctor-machines can erase recollections.
In Nano Comes to Clifford the author is forewarning us of the peril society would face if technology made everything we wanted. People would have no motivation to work, leaving government offices, classrooms, and construction projects alike without employees. Anarchy would ensue. As stated by the story’s protagonist Carol, “It was like everyone won the lottery at once.” Just like with lottery winners, the people who actually enjoyed their professions were the sole members who continued working. Furthermore, this story reminds me of an anti-communism tale. Without competition and goals, people simply are not motivated. If you can get a free car from the nanomachinery, why would you work 9-5 and save money in order to buy
