Technology is great. That’s why I follow it, and … if I can afford it, why I am frequently an early adopter. Though I tend to not be one of the “earliest” adopters …
However, technology has its downside as well. It’s allowed us to create a semi-disposable society … I mean, we can’t even dust our own wood furniture anymore without disposable polish wipes … which end up in the landfill. And it’s cheaper to actually buy a new VCR than it is to fix it if it fails.
This is not to say technology is bad. But as we enter a period when a confluence of factors is occurring … peak oil, a massive population boom, global warming (whether or not you agree it’s caused by humans … it’s there and we need to be aware of the consequences to come) … we need to focus more on technology to improve our world than on technology to give us pleasures (MP3 players, DVRs, etc).
