What Aspects Of Technology Scare You The Most?

No discussion of technology at this time of year would be complete without mention of scary technology. Nuclear weapons are the scariest of all; and Albert Einstein spoke about them as follows: “My part in producing the atomic bomb consisted in a single act: I signed a letter to President Roosevelt, pressing the need for […]

Responses To Posts About Technology ~ Challenges To The Status Quo

There were a number of responses to the post about technology and ethics. I know that these are longer than our normal posts, but they are so good, I wanted to share them with you (below)! BRAVO and THANK YOU to all who responded!!!! RESPONSES This is a complicated set of questions and I have […]

Who Decides On Issues Affecting Technology And Ethics?

Technology and ethics: an increasingly troubling set of concerns. We have expanding abilities to challenge the status quo of human beings in ways that can be amazing, but also frightening and horrific. Cloning, stem cell therapy, genetic engineering are ready examples. Who decides? On what basis are decisions made? What kind of accountability and oversight […]

What Happens If No One Understands The Technology That We Use?

Have human beings kept up with the technology that we have invented? I must admit that I couldn’t successfully detail for you how most things work besides a general description. Carl Sagan said: “We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that […]

Your Relationship To Technology: Winning Or Losing?

How would you describe your relationship to technology? Can’t live with it and can’t live without it? Hate it? Love it? Indifferent and resigned to it? Heidi and Alvin Toffler famously said in their book, “Future Shock,” that “Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.” I often hear people complaining about the time […]