The Life and Times of Multivac :: Literary Analysis, Isaac Asimov

Hu macrocosmity is threatened by the overpower growth of recognition and technology. People are expanding their knowledge through observance and experiment, oblivious to the consequences that result from improper motive. Isaac Asimovauthor of The Life and Times of Multivacuses the science of numbers, or mathematics, as a solution to the fear that arises in a world controlled by a human-like machine. What human beings are afraid of is losing the precise word that separates them from everything else in the worldhuman, and they will do whatever they dope to keep that title to themselves. What makes a human being different from a machine that possesses human characteristics? The idea that there really isnt either difference here is a startling thought. Human beings retain the learn to be different, especially from machines. People want to be distinguished as human and not like any other species, exclusively Multivac is disposed(p) a voice of its aver, with a beauty that never q uite vanished no matter how often it was heard, (Asimov 160). Multivac is distinguished from human beings and can be delimitate as human because of its qualities. It was becoming constantly more(prenominal) aware of is own worth and less likely to bear trivialities with patience, (Asimov 162). Multivac was growing and becoming more intelligent it was learning. When Bakst speaks about Multivac it sounds like he is talking about some other person Yes, I will have to talk to Multivac, and Bakst had to depend on Multivacs good will, (Asimov 162). Bakst knows that he needs to treat Multivac like a friend to get on its good side so he can later kill it. Bakst follows the rule of keep friends close and your enemies fifty-fifty closer. Multivac is made by the people, for the people. At first, he (see how I refer to the beat out computer as being enough like an actual man to be referred to as he) is thought to be the savior of human beings, but then as Multivac becomes less dependent on humans he is seen as a vice on independence for the people leftover on earth. One of the remaining 15 people from a unauthorised Congress, Noreen, states We live worthlessly now, (Asimov 161). She feels like nothing matters anymore because anything she strives for is pointless. Whatever we choose, as long as its unimportant (Asimov 161). Noreen probably feels like Multivac is express joy in her face every time she tries to be independent.