Thank you for writing this! This was so refreshing to read after living in silicon valley for a number of years.
The first few pages of The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt raise very similar questions about technology and the rest of the book focuses on what it would be like for technology to remove the necessity of work. Were there works that inspired your ideas in this article?
It brings to mind the old Persian curse: "May your every desire be immediately fulfilled."
I've asked myself the same questions about how we can go about choosing what technology we really want. Just because something can be done, clearly doesn't mean it should be. The best solution that I can think of is to use the Native American 'Seventh Generation' stewardship concept.
Thank you for writing this! This was so refreshing to read after living in silicon valley for a number of years.
The first few pages of The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt raise very similar questions about technology and the rest of the book focuses on what it would be like for technology to remove the necessity of work. Were there works that inspired your ideas in this article?
This is my favorite one (so far).
It brings to mind the old Persian curse: "May your every desire be immediately fulfilled."
I've asked myself the same questions about how we can go about choosing what technology we really want. Just because something can be done, clearly doesn't mean it should be. The best solution that I can think of is to use the Native American 'Seventh Generation' stewardship concept.
Thanks for writing.