The entanglement of technology that we are exposed to everyday opens our horizons to new ideas while also removing our choices and independence. Kevin Kelly’s work, “What Technology Wants”, brings to light the complex interactions between humanity and the technology we interact with every day, often without realizing we are doing so. From a young child’s seemingly innate prowess with computers to the Amish resistance to technology, our lives are directed by inanimate objects which are slowly becoming more and more powerful.
The influx of new and high performing inventions allow humankind to do amazing things and solve many issues. Appliances are becoming smarter and removing the amount of work that the average person has to do around the house. New medications and
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Without other people using specific machines to create the things the Amish buy, they would not be able to live the way that they do. It is truly a paradox, that technological advancement enables portions of our population to live without technology.
Even this podcast and others like it are altering our daily lives, almost without people realizing it. This podcast allows me to share the thoughts that I wrote down in my voice. I’m not next to you, but my thoughts are. You hear my voice, yet I am likely not even be thinking about “What Technology Wants” when you hear this. Podcasts have opened up our world to new ideas from people that we have never come into contact with. The people who listen to and create podcasts want to spread ideas and information, but what does the podcast want? Is it the advancement of technology? The spread of ideas? To gain it’s own voice? Intuition would tell you that a podcast is inanimate, but according to Kelly’s ideas, it has a drive of it’s own, much like a singular organism within the wider scope of