New machine age

Am I going to turn out like Ted, or Bill, in this new machine age?

• gratuitous: not necessary
• drudgery and toil: boring work and labor
• hyperbole: exaggeration
• dystopia v.s utopia 
• frothing-at-the-mouth
• complacent: self-satisfied
• Montessori 
• Gulag
• hindsight: 後見之明？
• green shoots: a sign of recovery
• apathetic: showing no feeling or having no interest
• wordsmith: who works with words