Dash makes some good points. But I think it's not so much the advancement of technology so much as it's the moral obligation to use it wisely. The medical field is a great example of this: without technology taking the HUMONGOUS strides that it has here, myriad people would be dead or facing death. Not to mention how the human lifespan keeps increasing, all due to technological advancement... and it's not just the lifespan alone but the fact that people are living longer, healthier lives in societies with advanced technology.
Now, on the down side, there is computer controlled banking and HUGE financial conglomerates running on bits n' bytes (it would seem) which make trying to deal with an encountered problem a major pain in the you know what, hehe. People don't LIKE to be considered just numbers.
Ahh well... we have to take the good with the bad.
But the main problem with the advancement of technology, as alluded above, is our questionable ability to handle it correctly. The use of it is where any potential problems may arise, not in the technology itself.
So the root problem remains the same. The Neandertal's stick just got bigger. But did his heart and his brain truly do so as well?
[ 05-29-2003 11:13 AM: Message edited 1 time, lastly by Graysith ]
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