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Humans are a technological species. Hence, to modify our parameters of existence from the materialistic point of view the solutions are technology based. Techn

by fsloth 8y ago

Humans are a technological species. Hence, to modify our parameters of existence from the materialistic point of view the solutions are technology based. Technology is not just something someone invented - it's an inherent manifestation of the psychology of our species. Hunting patterns? Technology. Better stone tools? Technology. The wheel? Technology. The key to this, is the rare capability among some individuals to device new solutions to a problem, and the en masse capability of everyone else to copy the solution once implemented and explained.

toupeira 8y ago
You forgot the part where we should be able to customize those solutions to our own unique needs and environments, otherwise we're sacrificing personal agency and responsibility to the whims of organizations who very clearly don't always have our best interests in mind. Hoping technology will save us is as foolish as believing Jesus will, both extremes are bad and missing the larger point that humans are far more complicated than we like to admit.
- fsloth 8y ago
  Sorry, I think we are using the term 'technology' in a different ontological context. I like the brief description "Technology: the methods for using scientific discoveries for practical purposes". I.e. how to apply accrued knowledge practically. The opposites to technology-based problem solving would be trial-and-error, political or ideology based mandates, etc. This does not exclude adaption, nor does it mandate a hierarchical organization to implement the technolgy.
  - pas 8y ago
    Is trial-and-error outside science? Or do you mean a uniform prior distribution for trial-and-error?
    - fsloth 8y ago
      Uh, in this case trial and error as an option to a situation where a solution is already generally known.
- hiccuphippo 8y ago
  You don't hope for technology to save you, you make it do it or scrape it and look elsewhere for other technology.

by fsloth 8y ago

toupeira 8y ago

You forgot the part where we should be able to customize those solutions to our own unique needs and environments, otherwise we're sacrificing personal agency and responsibility to the whims of organizations who very clearly don't always have our best interests in mind. Hoping technology will save us is as foolish as believing Jesus will, both extremes are bad and missing the larger point that humans are far more complicated than we like to admit.

fsloth 8y ago
Sorry, I think we are using the term 'technology' in a different ontological context. I like the brief description "Technology: the methods for using scientific discoveries for practical purposes". I.e. how to apply accrued knowledge practically. The opposites to technology-based problem solving would be trial-and-error, political or ideology based mandates, etc. This does not exclude adaption, nor does it mandate a hierarchical organization to implement the technolgy.
- pas 8y ago
  Is trial-and-error outside science? Or do you mean a uniform prior distribution for trial-and-error?
  - fsloth 8y ago
    Uh, in this case trial and error as an option to a situation where a solution is already generally known.
hiccuphippo 8y ago
You don't hope for technology to save you, you make it do it or scrape it and look elsewhere for other technology.