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• 10 May 10
  

  Giorgio Bertini

  "As a consequence of the ascendancy of technology, humans have become demeaned and powerless -- second-class citizens in their own societies."In public debates about the issues of our time -- climate change, peak oil, economic collapse, and militarism --

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• 26 Nov 08
  

  Lynne Jones

  Written by Peter Crabb - technologies we have come to depend on are actively distorting our sense of reality and are rapidly rendering the planet unlivable. Contrary to the portrayal of HAL, the murderous computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, the situation i

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• 25 Nov 08
  

  Howard Rheingold

  technologies we have come to depend on are actively distorting our sense of reality and are rapidly rendering the planet unlivable. Contrary to the portrayal of HAL, the murderous computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, the situation is much more subtle and in

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  • In our blind pursuit of immediate gratifications from our countless gadgets, we have run headlong into a number of “technology traps” that are destroying human potential and the prospects for sustainable cultures. 
  • Children are put under the spell of technology shortly after birth. They are taught that sitting in front of screens for hours on end is legitimate human activity. No value is assigned to exercising the body or going outside and immersing oneself in the natural world.
  • Daily use of technologies that focus attention on “me” and “my feelings” and “my needs” continues into adulthood and distorts the development of personality
  • how useful are the skills people must learn to operate those gadgets? What passes for competence has been degraded to the most superficial recipe knowledge about pushing buttons in the right sequence on devices contrived by engineers in corporate R&D labs.
  • With the help of human enthusiasts and enablers, technology creates its own self-affirming ideology.
  • the technological way of life has uncoupled human behavior from natural selection pressures.
  • What is needed is a wholesale ratcheting-down of culture to small, low-tech communities that live harmoniously and respectfully in local ecosystems

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