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Technology does not change the world, are you serious? To believe that you must think that everything from irrigation techniques that allowed agriculture and f
by mukyu 16y ago
Technology does not change the world, are you serious? To believe that you must think that everything from irrigation techniques that allowed agriculture and formation of cities to improved forms of transportation and communication that allowed cultures to meet did not have impact.
She also says that the people criticizing TED have not been, when the first link she uses is the story of someone that has been to TED. The articles she talks about could use more 'journalism' and 'a simple google search' to improve them, but no mention of anything that is actually wrong with them.
- defen 16y ago> To believe that you must think that everything from irrigation techniques that allowed agriculture and formation of cities to improved forms of transportation and communication that allowed cultures to meet did not have impact. In my experience, for many people the word "technology" is synonymous with "new technology". Extant technology is just part of the way the world works for them. The author probably wouldn't consider a screwdriver to be technology, for example.