Towards a Theory of Technology

One of the over-riding themes of this blog is the relationship that technology holds with human thought and existence (hence the blog title). Even though I may post on seemingly tangential news items or discourse, the over-arching mission of this website is to create a better knowledge of technology's relationship with humans, and foster an interest in its readers for the development of a more coherent theory of how technology is going to influence the course of humanity.

This question is a far-reaching one, and certainly cannot be answered thoroughly by this thoroughly unlearned writer. It is my hope however to illuminate those interested souls to not only the sheer pervasiveness of technology but also its ability to augment the human path - inherent in this capacity is its destructive (atomic weapons) and constructive uses. Thankfully the latter half of the 20th-century, though it did bear witness to a wide-scale nuclear arms race, also was the staging ground for fantastical advances in modern science and technology. Now, more than ever before, humans are at a launching-off spot that will carry them into the next millenium, dimension, eternity, or timelessness itself.

However do not take me for a science-fiction adherent that predicts weightless transportation and free energy within the next 20 years. More likely than not, we are about to stand witness to a heavy relapse (at least in Western, industrialized societies) into bucolic, antiquated living; that said however, the pace of technology continues to quicken, and if the Chinese take up the reins where the Americans are going to leave off, we stand to take part in some of the most revolutionary innovations of our time.

This blog is not intended as a platform on which I can wax poetic about the glorious onset of a technocratic government and civilization that will serve the common man as much as the wealthy industrialist; more likely than not you will see more material here that will exhibit the depravities of a society without the necessary legal structure and ethical morays necessary to properly deal with technology that allows government depravity to reach new heights. Anyway I look forward to filling up this blog with useful content and interpretation, and hopefully a few strident readers will stick around to provide some input of their own.