Very nice article! You get around some of the main problems with our use of technology, making ourselves dependent – and even more so, if we ourselves become augmented by tech, becoming cyborgs.
We are already, as you say, stuck in a slave mentality even if our work isn't slave-like anymore (I think the latter could be argued against, though). We are not free to do what we want if that means spreading our wings over new areas or new ideas. Indeed, I see all the time on social media and in my writing (and its response) how most people run away from new thoughts and ideas, as far away as they can. They block people who try to introduce a new understanding, that doesn't fit into the tech-dependent consumerism.
And yet, we have the "off-the-grid-goers" in the world, who throw out of their lives at least some of the tech, thereby regaining some of their freedom. It is fought by authorities and the common society alike, because free people are out of control, literally – that's the idea. And we want everybody to be under control.
So, yes, we are doing it to ourselves, but in both a personal and collective definition of "we".
I agree 100% on your last statement: We must get back to what it means to be human, most of all.
Very nice article! You get around some of the main problems with our use of technology, making ourselves dependent – and even more so, if we ourselves become augmented by tech, becoming cyborgs.
We are already, as you say, stuck in a slave mentality even if our work isn't slave-like anymore (I think the latter could be argued against, though). We are not free to do what we want if that means spreading our wings over new areas or new ideas. Indeed, I see all the time on social media and in my writing (and its response) how most people run away from new thoughts and ideas, as far away as they can. They block people who try to introduce a new understanding, that doesn't fit into the tech-dependent consumerism.
And yet, we have the "off-the-grid-goers" in the world, who throw out of their lives at least some of the tech, thereby regaining some of their freedom. It is fought by authorities and the common society alike, because free people are out of control, literally – that's the idea. And we want everybody to be under control.
So, yes, we are doing it to ourselves, but in both a personal and collective definition of "we".
I agree 100% on your last statement: We must get back to what it means to be human, most of all.