Re: Humanity Needs and Technology
I don’t think that it’s absolutely relative to its use.
Hacking, and tracking is possible with the technology and these things are crimes. Hacking is taught in some countries’ universities where it is legal. Hacking and Tracking itself is not a use, it’s full-fledge technology. Similarly developing nuclear bombs is not a use, its completely different domain of technology. Calling it use of chemistry and physics is too simplistic approach of looking at problem/solution domain.
As i said in my opening post that it is pervasive media that tells us that LATEST smart phone is our need although it is FACT that it is not a need. But media and capitalists are so pervasively influential that we looks like fool if we initiate talk on distinguishing between needs and luxuries.
It is pervasive media that tells us that EVERY TYPE OF NECLEAR technology is need of America. Here comes a psychological factor that it is somehow ‘ok’ if we oppose nuclear technology but it looks like fool to oppose digital technology’s extravagances. Maybe the reason is we don’t see direct negative impacts of digital technology but somehow we can realize or visualize the direct consequences of nuclear technology.