Since the Industrial Revolution, we have been haunted by the prospect that we are turning into our machines: efficient, productive, souless.
The newest technologies, we fear, are making us flat as our screens, turning us into streams of bits of interchangable data.
We may know a lot of people, but we have few real friends.
We have a lot of things to do, but no reason to do them.
In short, the new technology emphasizes a spiritual crisis that has been building for quite some time.
As I try to unravel which I believe about the relative merits of technology, I think it is instructive to remember technology's original result.
A better plow meant easier farming, more food, longer lives, and more free time to pursue other things such as art.
Our newest technology does not give us more free time; it consumes our free time.
We are terminally distracted from confronting ourselves or each other.
We stay safe, and lonely, in our homes and offices rather than taking the risk of meeting real people or trying new things.
While I am certainly not a Luddite, I do believe we need to look for a bit more balance between technology and life.
We have to tear ourselves away from the fatal distractions and go out into the world.
Technology has given us long lives and endless supplies of information.
Now we need to apply that information, use the time we're not spending conking our dinner with a club, and find our reasons for living.
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The essay immediately identifies the complexities of the issue and then playfully explores both the benefits and the drawbacks of technological developments over the course of human history.
The writer maintains that a "balance between technology and life" is necessary if humans are going to abate the loneliness that is part of modern existence.
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