Are we unprepared and uneducated in what to do with these new technologies/extensions? Is technology outpacing us?

Can we handle the scale, pattern, or pace of change in the various technological inventions and innovations that now confront us?
Are we unprepared and uneducated in what to do with these new technologies/extensions?
Is technology outpacing us?
Can we cope?
Have these technologies made us feel ‘out of place’?

Part Two:
Show how McLuhan’s theory view of technology might apply to two similar or contrasting objects of design today that have stretched us to breaking point.

Please find the attached documents for the background to the essay and assesment.