On Technology

On Technology

Between Us and The Universe

Space

• 5,000 satellites launched

• Space station construction under way

• Plans for manned mission to Mars

Human Artefacts

• Human artefacts stand between the human population

and the natural environment

Education

• We share information, ideas, values and beliefs that take on a life of their own

• Let’s call this ‘education’

Technology

• We use material things to lever our strengths and make a bigger impact on our environments

• Let’s call this ‘technology’

Arts

• We make things and events to creatively express ideas and feelings that words will not share

• We call these the ‘arts’

Organization

• We organize people into a system of relationships and a chain of communication and command to co-ordinate use of education and technology

• We can call this ‘business organization’

Progress

• One of the marks of the human species is the desire and ability to make improvements

• Sometimes we call this ‘restlessness’

Artificial World

• The world in which we live is increasingly an artificial one