If you want to talk non-flashy technology, I use some: * Electricity keeps me warm in winter, and lets me see things in the dark without flame or moonlight. *

If you want to talk non-flashy technology, I use some: * Electricity keeps me warm in winter, and lets me see things in the dark without flame or moonlight. * Artificial fertilizers produced with the Haber-Bosch process are currently necessary for food cost to be a minor concern, rather than one of the great overriding imperatives of my life. * I got the knowledge-equivalent of a CS degree in high school, thanks to having a lot of spare time and an internet connection. * Books, once outlandishly expensive, were dirt cheap to print by the time I was a child. Reading a lot of them was one of the major influences on my life. I could name some more -- fast global travel, ubiquitous access to clean water, higher effective wealth because of cheap worldwide shipping, eyeglasses so I can see clearly -- but hopefully I've made my point.