A Model of how a Dystopian Society Forms

In the past few years, technology has progressed exponentially.  While most of these advancements, come with praise, we still need to keep a watchful eye of what can potentially go wrong.  In my opinion, I do always think technology has benefited society in one way or another.  For example, it has revolutionized the way we we communicate, the way we travel, and the way medicine is performed.  However, for this blog and for sake of taking a different approach to the topic question, I will discuss a movie, where we can clearly see technology has negatively impacted society and led to a state of dystopia. 

The Island (2005) is a movie set in the future, where a man and woman believe they are living in a utopian society that was set up, after the earth underwent a mass contamination.  Little do they know that they are in a facility deep underground in Arizona.  Earth has progressed to a point, where the rich of the rich can afford to make clones of themselves and if they ever need a transplant or encounter a life threatening condition their clone or in the movie as they are called "insurance policies" can be killed and their organs harvested.  Cloning of the rich essentially allows them to be immortal and live forever.  

The trailer for the movie The Island (2005)

Right away we see multiple problems with this situation.  First off, the doctor, who created all these clones in this facility sees himself as God and believes he can now choose who lives and who dies.  He also believes because they brain wash all the clones and only teach them certain things that he can control their memories and allow them not to know who or what they really are.  This is a perfect example of the dehumanization that is often accompanied in a dystopian society.  

A still from the movie The Island (2005) in the supposedly utopian facility.

This movie also accurately portrays, where the advancements of modern medicine could arrive. Today, all medicinal advancements provide people with even the most advance diseases chances for full recovery.  This is a huge leap in technology and is great for society, however, as we get closer and closer to the ability of being able to provide immortality, we need to be careful. Advancement often occurs so quickly, the repercussions are not usually realized until well afterward. Given the quick turnaround time of technology, if we don't proceed cautiously before we know it, we could very well find our society in a state of dystopia, much like in the movie The Island (2005).