Technology and Society: "The Veldt," "The Pedestrian" and The Matrix

"The Veldt"

 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200734/http://nerdclave.com/home/world-veldt-made/

 https://artifactsjournal.missouri.edu/2018/06/a-technological-invasion/

https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200734/http://nerdclave.com/home/world-veldt-made/

http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/02/21/the-veldt-by-ray-bradbury/

"The Pedestrian"

https://www.lonestar.edu/mankind-progress.htm

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286410970_Stumbling_in_the_Dark_Ray_Bradbury%27s_Pedestrian_and_the_Politics_of_the_Night

On Technology:

https://www.wya.net/op-ed/technology-taking-over/

https://campuspress.yale.edu/tribune/technology-is-taking-over-the-world-and-raising-public-concerns/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/01/18/technology-has-already-taken-over-90-of-the-jobs-humans-used-to-do/?sh=4c807d831bdd

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/15/rise-of-the-machines-has-technology-evolved-beyond-our-control-

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/03/technology-2050-save-humanity-or-destroy-us

Social Order: "The Lottery," "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas," and Pleasantville

 

"The Lottery" and "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"

 

The Lottery

 Articles on tradition:

This article discusses how different cultures address death:
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/19/local/la-me-0819-lopez-dyingwell-20120819

This link discusses American Culture:
http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/american_culture.htm

Here is a link to what The Bible has to say about culture:
http://www.openbible.info/topics/traditions

This is an interesting look at how different cultures have different traditions when it comes to childcare:
http://alphamom.com/parenting/interesting-parenting-traditions-from-different-cultures/

Somebody made a short movie based on the story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV03h3XWTDU

Criticism:
http://home.netwood.net/kosenko/jackson.html

http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Jackson.htm
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“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” 

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/13/opinion/david-brooks-the-child-in-the-basement.html?_r=0

http://www.tor.com/2015/11/19/ursula-k-le-guins-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas-is-beautiful-in-map-form/

http://www.jeffersonflanders.com/2006/07/ursula-k-le-guins-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas/

http://www.teenink.com/reviews/book_reviews/article/133226/The-Ones-Who-Walk-Away-From-Omelas-by-Ursula-K-Le-Guin/

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/25/688925/-

Pleasantville:

Still Relevant Today:

https://collider.com/pleasantville-movie-explained/

Review and Impact of Film:

https://thereviewroom.medium.com/pleasantville-a-brief-film-review-and-why-its-racial-undertones-are-still-relevant-today-15a6245e9acb

Roger Ebert Review:

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pleasantville-1998

Media and Pleasantville:

https://pages.jh.edu/AnthMedia/Projects/pleasantville/WManningAnthro/Conclusions.html

Societal Order:

https://www.sup.org/socialorder/Excerpts/Part%20I.pdf

https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Book%3A_A_Theory_of_Literate_Action_-_Literate_Action_II_(Bazerman)/01%3A_Chapters/1.06%3A_Social_Order_-_Structural_and_Structurational_Sociology