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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 277458" data-attributes="member: 413"><p>I'm sorry...this is a complete load of bull. People like technology because it IS better. Not because they are brainwashed into believing it. As society advances, we spend less and less time doing what is needed (gathering and growing food, building shelter, etc.) and more time doing what we want (studying science, understanding human nature, enjoying hobbies). Without technology, we couldn't support the population. Which means you likely wouldn't exist and if you did, you'd spend all day every day searching for food and a safe place to sleep. How exactly would that be better than whatever it is you are doing now? (browsing the web and probably not too concerned about where your next meal is coming from).</p><p></p><p>If a specific technological device doesn't make people's lives easier, then they won't use it. For instance...I've been seeing ads for "The Perfect Pancake Maker" all over TV. Now...I like pancakes. I make em almost every weekend. Am I going to rush out and buy one because my TV told me to? I don't think so. Clearly the device doesn't make my life any easier (and it probably doesn't even work)...I'm completely capable of flipping a pancake in a frying pan by tossing it and catching it or with a spatual. Some people will probably buy it, realize it is not worth it and the device will die a proper death and be forgotten on the junk heap of history. Lots of devices that didn't deliver what they promised have suffered such a fate (probably more inventions fail than succeed). </p><p></p><p>Am I worried that I've become dependant on technology? No. If society goes to pot and I'm forced to learn to hunt and fend for myself, I could (I had some survival training in the military and in scouts). This assumes I survive the initial mass die out of humanity as without technology and a societal infrastructure, we couldn't produce or gather enough food to support our current population. Humans are still basically the same beings they were 100,000 years ago. The old skills would re-emerge and society would begin anew.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uller, post: 277458, member: 413"] I'm sorry...this is a complete load of bull. People like technology because it IS better. Not because they are brainwashed into believing it. As society advances, we spend less and less time doing what is needed (gathering and growing food, building shelter, etc.) and more time doing what we want (studying science, understanding human nature, enjoying hobbies). Without technology, we couldn't support the population. Which means you likely wouldn't exist and if you did, you'd spend all day every day searching for food and a safe place to sleep. How exactly would that be better than whatever it is you are doing now? (browsing the web and probably not too concerned about where your next meal is coming from). If a specific technological device doesn't make people's lives easier, then they won't use it. For instance...I've been seeing ads for "The Perfect Pancake Maker" all over TV. Now...I like pancakes. I make em almost every weekend. Am I going to rush out and buy one because my TV told me to? I don't think so. Clearly the device doesn't make my life any easier (and it probably doesn't even work)...I'm completely capable of flipping a pancake in a frying pan by tossing it and catching it or with a spatual. Some people will probably buy it, realize it is not worth it and the device will die a proper death and be forgotten on the junk heap of history. Lots of devices that didn't deliver what they promised have suffered such a fate (probably more inventions fail than succeed). Am I worried that I've become dependant on technology? No. If society goes to pot and I'm forced to learn to hunt and fend for myself, I could (I had some survival training in the military and in scouts). This assumes I survive the initial mass die out of humanity as without technology and a societal infrastructure, we couldn't produce or gather enough food to support our current population. Humans are still basically the same beings they were 100,000 years ago. The old skills would re-emerge and society would begin anew. [/QUOTE]
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