Technology And Our Search For Meaning.
Softened by the comforts technology brings to our lives, fascinated by its gadgetry, reliant on its constant companionship, addicted to its steady delivery of entertainment, seduced by its promises, awed by its power and speed, we are intoxicated by technology. It feeds our pleasure centres, physically and mentally, but it is simultaneously squeezing our human spirit and intensifying our search for meaning.
Intoxicated by the seductive pleasures of technology, we turn our backs to its consequences and wonder why the future seems unpredictable. At the same rate as technology itself has changed, the meaning of technology has also evolved radically - from object to interrelationship to consequences. Technology now embodies its consequences, both good and bad, and this book introduces the critical need to consciously examine the impact it has on our humanity.
It examines the consequences of biotechnology for agriculture, the environment, and human health. It asks what will be the consequences of genetic engineering for human evolution, and what are the destructive effects of the video entertainment industry.
