Is technology destroying humankind?
105577
No, but the lack of a similar increase in psychological growth in mankind has caused our technological development to outstrip our maturity as a species.  The sudden increase in information and the resulting challenges to everyone's world views due to access to the web and instant information should be sufficient to give us a chance to catch up a bit.  Then the technology will be much easier to handle and use wisely.
352036
Our dependence upon technology and the fear it fosters as technology becomes a more prevalent entity in our everyday life is the critique of contemporary culture--for example, the strange chemicals in the school that kill a worker cleaning up the asbestos or the conversation between Jack and Babette in the bedroom that is constantly interrupted by a blaring television set. I hope this helps you get another perspective on the novel. Good luck.
193191
There is no doubt that medical technology will continue to advance. But it is likely that the law of diminishing returns will (or maybe has) limit the improvements that such technology will bring to any patient or humankind overall.\n\nWhilst we still have rampant infective diseases such as Malaria and Tuberculosis decimating 3rd world countries and entire generations dying from malnutrition, we need to ask ourselves if gadgets that bring a little bit of extra function to a small number of people are really progress, or perhaps just ignorance?
695569
I personally don't like it that much...I guess as far as technology goes, I think people are getting a little too advanced, and I really don't understand why scientists and others are trying so hard to clone people or make robots that look and act like us.  For what?  We have enough people in the world as it is, and the whole point of natural conception and birth would be sort of diminished.  It's 2006 and people are lazier, bummier, and have no sense of what life is supposed to be all about.  Everything is always so complex.  Kids are more disrespectful and ignorant than they ever have been.  Music has turned into crap.  I mean honestly, I'd rather hear about hope and goodness than about what kind of liquor a certain "artist" likes to drink while slappin their bit-ches...In fact, most people in music aren't artists...most of them have no talent and were just lucky to be where they are.  The general public is at most to blame because they support these idiots in exploiting women and teaching our children to do everything thats wrong.  So to answer your question...no, 2006 is a horrible year and I hope this nation can change soon because I feel like our way of life has just turned in garbage and the rest of the world is starting to see that.
1145247
"No, I am not superstitious. I dont believe in that crap. Technology is just a tool created by man, nothing more. "\n\nSuperstitious???? How can something written almost 2,000 years ago be accurate today? Read Revelations Nukes, broadcasting, mark of the beast etc... are all in there. Technology is a tool created by man that will be abused by man! So my answer is absolutely this is setting the stage and the technology is just waiting to be abused by the Beast/one world order.\n\nOT
218926
Yes it is. Interestingly enough, it is ALSO an effect of progress. technological progress.
1035310
Why is there high technology in the first place? \n---> Because of human dissatisfaction. You can hardly find a human who is satisfied living in the same style he is now and 20 years later. There are bound to be discontenment in some areas. This is why our world keep on changing and improving. \n\nIf there's constant dissatisfaction, do u think there will be world peace? We are not living in a fairy tale world. Even if there's peace, it will not be for eternally. Because eternal peace will ultimately results in resentment and dissatisfaction among human.
1172350
People should not be robots in every aspect of their lives\nbecause we are flesh and blood human beings,not machines,\nno matter how much technology is at our disposal.\nUnfortunately we have been busily creating a mechanical,\ntechnological world we're not really suited for and we call it\nprogress.It's not a surprise if some people are starting to act\nrobotic.
209777
ok. bad. a huge loss of jobs. people will lose their jobs to robots that can do the job much better without human error. eventually, as seen in pop fiction such as the matrix and terminator series, it can possibly wage war against humanity duing to the fact taht if they think like humans, they would probably not want to be slaves.
918363
Interesting question...\n\nIn western society, we certainly live in an artificial world supported by technology. Technology allows instant gratification, more convenience, and a faster pace of life. Some homes have so many appliances, that if the electricity goes off, people can't do anything... wash, cook, heat/cool the rooms. That is rather dependent, I'd say!  And there is an obsession with technology trying to control nature through genetically modifying plants and animals.  Bigger, newer, and more profitable are seen as better.\n\nI see medicine as a branch of technology. It depends on what you are trying to accomplish... save a life, create comfort, or do a facelift for a celebrity, or whatever.\n\nReligion fills a basic human need to believe (or not, if you wish). I think religions which are based on a respect for nature (such as those of many indigenous peoples)  are not obsessions in the sense that you are using. It's hard to generalize about religion when there are so many different types in the world.
938244
No.  We are a social species.  Try therapy instead of technology.  And dont forget to go to your H.S. Reunion....you need the socialization.
808557
well technology  didnt just happen over 100 years. We had a lil help. We went from having hardly crap and now computers,cell phones, and that damn tv. making people lazier then hell. right now there working on developing a chip that they plant into ur brain thats somthing like the internet. Where u can chat wit other people just by thinkin about it and even listening to music (also makes it easier for the government to keep track of everybody). thats going to make people fatter then hell. Everybody will just stay at home and do nothing all day long. And a benefit of all this technology is that we hardly have to lift a finger anymore.
709152
Nope....look at the pollution in the world....the decay of moral values....I'm trying to sound negative....but...with the crazy weather....depleting natural food resources....human greed...\n\nHow can this world be a better place for the next generation...unless...all humans "WAKE UP THEIR IDEAS!!!!"\n\nCheers.....
193127
Of course not.  There are far too many poor people, homeless people, elderly and people who live in jungles that do not have computers.\n\nCheck out this article from Intel.  They estimate only 10% of the world's population has a computer or access to one:\n\nhttp://www.intel.com/research/exploratory/papr/next10.htm
1048930
Yes, If you look at how far we have advanced technology wise it's unbelievable and the Knowledge we have acquired yet after all this let's be honest the way we treat each other has barely moved a step forward since the day of the caveman.I don't think as species over all any of us have the right to say we are "civilised"
961232
Oy! you just nicked my next question!!!!!\n\nWell what IS that all about. Recognition that cyber is no longer a mysetrious space carved out in the unknown, but just another society developing from human interaction. And that will inevitably be contaminated with the existing one. Too bad!\n\nthumbs up!
169640
Blessing.  Certainly there are problems to solve, but those problems will be solved by further technology, not by banning what we already have.  \n\nIt would be possible to provide a long list of the benefits of technology in the modern world, but I will cite a single example:  modern communication technology allows me, a complete stranger, to answer your question.  We never had anything in the past like the information tool we have now in the internet.  No matter how good a library one had available, it would still take a lot of time and know-how to research every question.  Now, it's all here at your fingertips.\n\nAsk any modern physician how many of his patients would have been worse off ten years ago, let alone fifty.  Ask any research scientist what has happened in his field as a result of modern technology.  The world does not stand still, and we cannot make it do so.\n\nRemember, nothing is an unmixed blessing.  Certainly the internet brings its own problems, but so did the technology of the crossbow!