Ultron In Mark Bauerlein's The Dumbest Generation

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Ultron was a step forward for humanity in terms of technological advance. Instead of using his power to bring the world together, he intended to destroy it. Ultron symbolizes the limit of technology is the society. Mark Bauerlein’s essay “The Dumbest Generation: How The Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future”, he argued that the misusage of technology brought the society more problems than it had helped. “The digital age has embroiled the young in a swirl of social groupings and contests, and it threatens their intellectual development” (The Dumbest Generation). How far can human go with technology until it starts to hold them back? Technology, just like Ultron, was created to help people improve their lives but they