"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" -Albert Einstein
I think that the technological progress today already out of our control today. I think that even specialists do not know what is happening this very moment. I think that many people who contribute to technological evolution are not aware of their purpose of engaging in it. They maybe working hard to make our life better but then are they really thinking about it in a long span? I think that we have already reached a point where we are satisfied with what we have in terms of ordinary life. We wish for too much. What we wish to have today is something we shouldn't have. Artificial human organs may save many people suffering in organ failures. But then, are we supposed to create an artificial brain as well? If we transplant an artificial brain to a person who is brain-dead, would the person be the same person as he was before being brain-dead? This is a problem that requires further consideration. Though I doubt there would be a clear answer to it. I sound confusing, but I just wanted to point out an example from huge problems concerning technological development. I really think that technological progress is like an axe in the hands of pathological criminal. We can't just let ourselves engaged in technological progress. Instead, we need to seek for the purpose we are devoting ourselves to get used to in this so unnatural technological society. Technological progress remains as an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal until all of us have the good reason and the control to keep up with this never ending technology progressing world.
So part of what you're saying is that we need intellectual, emotional, ethical and social development to keep pace with technological development. The point you make is, as some would say, the crux of the whole conundrum of how to live with our own creations.
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