Never Be Any Fun Essay

Is change something to be afraid of? Reasons beyond bizarre correspond with the rationalization that although the short story "The Fun They Had" was undoubtedly unrealistic in the eyes of some, it was still thought- out and intriguing to hear the gears turning in the author's head.  He had a thoughtful perspective of the future, and his future. His estimation of preferences for that time were obviously made out to be unrealistic when he wrote the story. Truly, though, they may actually be legit. The evidence is already here. We look at all of the things changing in our time. The ambience of our world today is of technology. Music, real world life, appliances all reflect what may seem "futuristic", while really there will be more advanced forms of technology in just ten years.     For centuries humans have thought that in a time period everything will stay the same, that nothing will ever change. Over time, people begin to realize that it's not the case. When television was invented, almost everyone was surprised. Then, it turns into a chain. Something altering happens, and then we think that nothing will change. What Asimov really understood was that everything truly does change, that nothing will ever stay the same. We romanticize. We want something all the time, things we can’t have. Margie wants something. She wants a better world, something that no one could ever give her.    Have you ever thought that maybe, just maybe, there is no future? Perhaps what we fantasize about is a future, but the very fact that we fantasize about it may result in none at all. It's a lot to take in, but thoughts that no one would even care to address run through other's heads, loading up ideas until they know that they must be crazy. Although they say this, we know it's not true. These ideas build up discoveries. I'm sure everyone thought Albert Einstein was a total freak show. Gutenberg, Fleming, even Newton were probably the craziest people ever. When they proved everyone wrong, they showed that they were indeed not crazy, and they made differences beyond anything in this world. Margie is dreaming of the past, while we dream of a future. By that time, will we have changed that much as well?    In the end, Margie makes it seem like we had so much more fun than her, that learning off of a computer screen is so boring. She may be right, but no one will ever think that right now. Students think going to school is so boring, all of the teachers are mean, and that no one respects us. The plain truth is that it will get worse, and by that time, we’ll be dead. That is, to put it harshly. No matter what, we will always see the worse of our lives, not seeing what is to come, not understanding that although we have horrible times, we don’t think of the future, of the possible worse things that come with it, or even the good times. So yes, we did have fun, but no matter what we will never be any fun.