A Crazy World Indeed

The poem "All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace" can be interpreted in many ways. Two views that can be derived from its passages is either a pro-technology view, or an anti-technology view.
     It can be said that the author of the poem had an anti-technology view when his tone is considered to be one of a sarcastic nature. The lines "and the sooner the better" and "right now, please!" can come across as a mockery of the benefits of a technologically advanced society. When nature and the cybernetic world are said to one day coexist, it sounds slightly odd, even oxymoronic, because not only are the two groups complete opposites of one another, but the definition of cybernetics is the mechanical and electrical replacement of human control and functions. Thus, the two would, by nature, oppose one another and prove that their coexistence is near impossible. I feel that the author stated that it is indeed possible to make one think about how ridiculous the notion truly is and encourage their perspective to evolve into an anti-technological view.
     When reading the very same poem, it can become apparent that the author has a pro-technology view if it is assumed that each and every word is genuine, rather than sarcastic, and that the vision of a harmonic bio-electric world is authentic. The lines " where we are free from our labors and joined back to nature, returned to our mammal brothers and sisters, and all watched  over by machines of loving grace" would be the innermost aspirations of the hopeful author and valid evidence of his true intentions of what image he wishes for the world around him to bear. The lines may also convey the message that near impossible relationships are possible, so long as they are wished for and envisioned.
     I think that the anit-technology read is much more convincing, by far, than the pro-technology read. This is purely based upon the degree to which one is capable of analyzing and dissecting said poem, of course. I personally feel that although the author's tone may be translated as hopeful, on a superficial level, it will be revealed as sarcastic and mock the actual question of whether machines and nature could coexist, especially if the latter is to eventually become dominant. It seems that everything that is said through the angle of a pro-technology reader is described in such a way that it falsely invites such a change in life in order to make the ludicrous statements obviously ridiculous.