Technology: TBD

As a person living in the United States, I consider technology to be my ipod or computer, but it can also be thought of as anything that cannot be found in the natural world. Now, some people might be up in arms about this statement, but it is completely valid. For instance, when agricultural plows were first developed this was considered technology. Technology is relative to the time and the development of the country. For this reason, it is foolish to assume technology can or will save us. First of all, technology allowed us to prosper and thus leads to the degradation of the environment. Before technology ruled our lifestyles, life was simple, but fulfilling. People worked harder and this meant we knew the amount of work something took to create. With technology, we see buildings being constructed everyday because the old ones will not fit the human capacity demanded. Yet, we do not see where these materials come from or the way in which they are transported to the construction site. This notion of technology saving the world seems like a ploy created by big business to keep “business as usual”.

Technology, in general, is terrific and has allowed the United States and other developed countries to prosper. In terms of the environment, technology is not beneficial. Technology makes our lives easier and therefore we glamorize it. Yet, it is the reason why environmental degradation has sped up in recent years. For many, technology seems like the answer because it would be the logical choice to the problem. Technology helps us solve many of our problems in other parts of our lives, so then the question becomes why this would be any different from anything else. It is different solely because it is what allows for the problem to begin in the first place. In another argument, no one would use the problem as a solution, yet this glamorization of technology has brought many people to this very conclusion.

Many people have come to the conclusion that technology will save us, but it is impossible to predict the unknown. Who knows if it will? It may or it may not, but personally, I am not waiting for that cure-all piece of technology. Also, it is interesting that humans are putting all of their faith into something that will fails us from time to time. Readily, we forget the negative aspects of technology because it takes the pressure off of humans to fix our way of life.