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The image from The Matrix and the “Dream Scene” shows the connection between humans and technology, especially computers. Computers use a binary code to organize functions and communicate. In the examples from The Matrix, communication from computers is no longer in binary code, but letters are also used. This form of programming, called hypertext, is not sequential but creates more simplicity for the user and the hyperworld (Literary Machines). Simplicity is important ever since computers became personal devices because everyone is not a professional programmer. Todays computers are similar to Vannevar Bush’s idea of the memex. The memex is “a device which an individual stores his books, records, and communication, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility” (“As We May Think”). Computers are devices that have become personalized and allow the user to give and receive information. Humans have come to rely on computers for information, but computers still receive information from humans. This idea is also revealed through The Matrix because humans and computers are still dependent on each other. Computers were made to improve our lives but there is still a lot to learn about them. As humans learn more about computers and improve technologies, computers become a device that can be used by everyone. The relationship between humans and computers have become very important because of the availability and improved simplicity in programming. The Matrix is a possibility in the future as programming becomes more simple for users because it shows the bond between humans and computers.