These days, it seems as if new, sometimes life-changing, technological developments are abound, which raises an interesting question: Will technology progress infinitely - assuming we manage to avoid extinction, or is the process finite? Well, the first thing we would need too establish is what we consider to be 'new technology.' Would a Tamagotchi count as new technology, or as an invention? Is it an expansion upon computing, which would be the base-line technology?
Personally, I would see new technology as something innovative that supplies a potential function of enhancing or preserving life - whether through extending life (health care), defending life (weaponry) or providing new options for tasks/recreation, or even new activities altogether, that we cannot even contemplate currently. Now, this is where it is going to get massively philosophical.
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Is Technological Evolution Infinite or Finite?
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