My wife and I have had several discussions in the recent past regarding labor and gender issues. I recall her frustration one night as she witnessed the statistics on men and women who share the same job title and responsibilities, yet men are nearly always paid substantially more. She then quoted the historical cliche’ “I guess it is a man’s world.”

Her comment got me thinking about our world. Is it a man’s world? What does that even really mean? I went on a walk down Main Street and looked around at this world with these thoughts in mind.

After almost getting hit by a car while crossing the street and checking my twitter account on my cell phone, I had a epiphany. This isn’t a man’s world. It’s a machines world. Just look around.

If you look at how City’s have developed since the industrial revolution, then you’ll quickly notice that they haven’t been planned with Man in mind, but rather machine in mind. Specifically the automobile. We have paved, and continue to pave,  massive amounts of earth in order to have greater vehicular access. To what end? Only time will tell.

We’ve also made life extremely difficult  and inconvenient without machines. If you don’t have a car, then it can be excruciatingly painful to get from point A to point B. Especially if you live in Southern California and in one of the many communities that have weak public transportation. It’s also becoming increasingly annoying to be without a debit card, credit card, cell phone, computer, and internet access. I marvel out how much of my life is dependent on a machine doing something for me daily.

Man’s world? Not necessarily. It seems  more and more like the Matrix everyday. Is that a bad thing? Let me know.