High Technology and Human Development
Most of what we learn about the present world, of course, via the media, is dominated
by state-of-the-art technology.
Societies that have the most of such technology are also,
time and again, claimed to be the most...
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High Technology and Human Development
Most of what we learn about the present world, of course, via the media, is dominated
by state-of-the-art technology.
Societies that have the most of such technology are also,
time and again, claimed to be the most advanced.
It is not only their advancement that
lifts them to the pinnacle of power, superiority, and fame.
They can also use technology
to simplify and move forward an understanding of life and nature in a different direction,
a direction that tends to eliminate, as much as possible, a prior connection between life
and nature that was, in many respects, mystical and unsafe.
This last point does not
necessarily mean that technological advancement is a mark of a superior civilization.
What we need to know is that civilization and technology are not conjugal terms.
Civilized people may have an advanced technology or they may not have it.
Civilization
is not just a matter of science and technology or technical infrastructure, or, aga
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