In “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury there is a high tech house. This house is pictured in 2026. There are many things in our modern homes that were mentioned in the story. There are also many differences, these differences are the technological advances. Choosing between these houses is like be challenging. Even though Ray had an interesting idea of future homes, ones in today's society are more preferable.
There are many reasons that today's homes would be a better choice. In the story the house makes the breakfast itself. This is an everyday thing. This is useless because humans should be able cook for themselves. The house automatically cleans everything. This act would lead to humans being very
lazy.
The house also reminds the people who live there of all the things they need to do that day. In today's society we have calendars for this. This is a neat but useless feature. This is another way for humans to become even lazier. We can easily memorize dates instead of relying on technology to memorize things for us. The house also sets out a table and cards for a scheduled game. This is unnecessary. It's another simple task that humans can complete themselves.
The house also has some helpful features. It shuts windows and closes doors and locks up the house. This could be helpful in decreasing crime. However, the house can falsely assume something is wrong. It could lock the house up for a pointless reason and cause you to be trapped inside.
The 2026 house has many technological features. Most of these features do things that an average human can do. This would not be helpful, but harmful. It could cause humans to rely on technology too much and become lazy. Today’s homes are better than the 2026 ones.