As I sit in the study listening to my son watch ‘The Matrix’ for the first time in the other room, I find myself pondering the world I find myself in- is it the world I expected to be living in when I watched this film in 1999?

The short answer is, no. The real answer is complicated.

The importance of technology in today’s society cannot be denied. It is embedded in everything that we do and it is becoming ‘smarter’ all the time. (Hey Google? What does Alexa think?) Schools try to keep up to date with the tech and spend money om 3D printers and laser cutters while running a BYOD program to ensure that all kids are growing up conversant in the language of now, but are we really in the now? Technology seems to change and ‘improve’ faster than most of us can keep up with.

Does this mean that the tech is in control and determining how we behave and respond to the world around us? Could it be that we, as a society, are really adept at adapting to the tools they have at hand to make life social and manageable?

All I know for sure is that I do not fear the Matrix… yet.