This is the nature of technology itself. It's a quandary that goes all the way down to the simplest form of technology: clothing. Clothing makes you more capabl

This is the nature of technology itself. It's a quandary that goes all the way down to the simplest form of technology: clothing. Clothing makes you more capable of being comfortable (or at least surviving) in a wider range of climates. Say, you go to the top of a mountain because of your Goretex jacket and boots. So you are now more capable. However, simultaneously, you are also now more dependent. You're still at the mountaintop in a snowstorm. No problem. You take off your clothing, and now you immediately find out how dependent you are on technology. This scales to any level of technology you can imagine. GPS? You know what time it is and you know how to get to your new friend's house! Battery goes out on the way? Uh-oh. You were dependent on technology. The paradox of technology is that it simultaneously makes us more capable but more dependent (vulnerable).