Meh.

-The theme of "The Pedestrian" is the loss of humanity in our lives, that we will eventually become figments of someones stories that happened a very long time ago.
-Bradbury got this message across with the relativity that goes on nowadays, but he predicted this, and was pretty close to whats become of our society.
-The tone of the story is very mellow at first, then eerie, then just a flat out arguement with thw "cop" that we won't win.
-More people don't walk in 2018 because of the easy access to a car these days, and the fact that you don't need to go to the store to buy things makes me a little sad, because of the recent news that all Toys-R-Us stores will be closing soon.
-Self driving cars don't appeal to me much, but they have their perks.
I feel like they lead to isolation, inhumanity, and inconsideracy, but then again, it connects more people to each other in ways that may not be noticable at first glance. I personally use a phone to listen to music, and write notes in them, but thats about it. Others use it as a social device, which also makes them unsociable, ironically.

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