What Technology Wants

Опубликовано 7 сентября 2016, 18:16

Many people have love-hate relationships with new inventions, and this conflict is inherent to all technology. But technology is also an extension of life, and an acceleration of the mind. Technology is not anti-nature, but rather it shares with life certain biases, urges, needs and tendencies. So what is technologyΓÇÖs agenda? Where is it headed? What is the true nature of its increasing presence in our society? How do the goals of the technological agenda relate to societyΓÇÖs goals? By listening to what technology wants we can better prepare ourselves and our children for the inevitable technologies to come; we can steer technologies into the best roles; and by aligning ourselves with the long-term imperatives of this near-living system, we can capture its full gifts.