Technology: Simplicity vs. Complication
"Technology is a way to simplify a person's life by complicating it."
Just a thought that crossed my mind about how we keep on creating new ways to simplify our lives and become lazier, yet these same things end up complicating our life more and adding our dependancy on a number of gadgets, services, resources, sources ...etc.
We create ways to move around freely and do anything from anywhere, as a way to feel some freedom, but in the end of the day we're tying ourselves to all these devices and inventions, and putting ourselves at the mercy of them, their manufacturers, their sources...etc.
We create an illusion of simplicity and freedom while we dive deeper into complexity and tech-slavery.
Google Offers $10M To Boost Green Transportation Technology Us & Life... HP Unveils Memory Spot The Air Car Coming Soon 100 Dollar Laptopsle titre de ton post aurait dû s'intituler : "Technology: Simplicity vs. Complication". Car Complexity (complexité) ne veut pas dire ce qui est compliqué (complicate) mais plutôt ce qui est complexe (complex). et la complexité est une démarche intellectuelle - visant à comprendre les phénomènes sociaux, économiques, technologiques... - dans laquelle les relations qui existent entre les éléments d'un système sont supérieurs aux éléments eux-même du système.
Posted by: k-pax at November 16, 2005 12:02 AMThank you for correcting me and reminding me of that :)
Posted by: MMM at November 16, 2005 12:10 AMI think this also applies to medicine. Who is to know that a Cancer/AIDS/Flu cure has been found but has just contained by the world governments? It often makes me think.
Posted by: ZlatkoT at November 16, 2005 08:40 AM