Robotic Society or Not?

The play R.U.R. discussed a society that was overrun by robots. One where humans were destroyed, and robots came to rule the world. After reading it, many of us may have been surprised, and let out a grateful breath, thankful for the fact that it was only fiction and not reality. But isn't it? Are we not ruled by machines today? Everything that we use each day is a machine, and our world would not be able to function with out them today. Our world literally functions due to these machines and they are what make each day pass peacefully. We must ask ourselves 'Would we be able to survive without them or would our society slowly begin to dwindle if these machines were not available?' It's a scary thought knowing that half of the acts we carry out each day aren't done completely on our own, but with the help of some form of technology. In the past, humans were extremely self sufficient, and with each passing day we are getting further and further from this being true. I hope that we can once again learn these skills which allowed our ancestors to survive, so that we too will be able to survive in case of any possible emergency.