1. Some people think we depend on computers to do everything for us, and as a result we are losing many of the mental skills that once kept the brain active."What do think this dependence is going to be like for our children and our children's children?

2. Let's take a look at another aspect of this interesting topic. What effect did the Industrial Revolution have on the gendering of jobs? (Explore the tensions between the need for cheap labor in the factories and the implications of so many women working in the public domain. This can be followed through to the role of women during the two World Wars.) To what degree did technology facilitate the sexual revolution of the 1960s?