1. Pre Module 2 Concept
1.1. Before completing the module for the discussion, I thought of technology as "things" that humanity develops via invention to ease daily life activities.
1.1.1. Examples
1.1.1.1. Creating Fire At Will
1.1.1.1.1. Using fire to smelt ores creating alloys such as steel
1.1.1.2. Invention of a simple pulley system to help in lifting
1.1.1.2.1. Using physics; developing a simply pulley into a complex crane used in city building
2. Post Module 2 Concept
2.1. Thoughts on previous thinking: After reading and watching material from The Module, I have come to the conclusion that what I thought of as technology is only a small part of it. I was thinking of Technology as Hardware. (Dyer, 2009)
2.1.1. Societal Aspect
2.1.1.1. Just as machines have many moving parts, so does human society and civilization in general. We have different groups of people doing varying tasks for a common goal. This can apply to anything from a Factory to a Government. (Li-Hua, 2007)
2.1.2. Biological Aspect
2.1.2.1. Cyborgs
2.1.2.1.1. As technology advances humans are becoming increasingly dependent on it. You cannot do a school program in a modern setting without it! Part of technology is convenience, I see it as perfectly natural that one day a future form of a smartphone may actually get implanted within our bodies.
2.1.2.2. Human Body As Technology
2.1.2.2.1. If we could back track for a moment: Computer , evolved from a type writer, from a printing press, from a pen. Did the pen evolve from a stick in the sand? But what guides that stick? A human arm. If an organism is technology, then our merging with what most people consider technology seems much more natural. (Youtube: Charles Tuck, 2020)
2.1.2.3. Fun Thought: The Beaver Dam Argument
2.1.2.3.1. This reminds me of an argument I once had with a friend: I argued that a Beaver damn is technology. The same way a car is. He disagreed. To which I replied that Beavers use materials from the Earth the same way we do, as metal from the Earth for car parts. He argued that a beaver dam is nature/natural and a car isn't. From then on I thought of all human creations as natural.
2.1.3. The act of manufacturing parts for a machine is technology in itself. (Dyer, 2009)
2.2. Why Continue Developing New Technology?
2.2.1. Beliefs
2.2.1.1. My personal belief is that intelligent civilizations arise naturally throughout our universe, the only questions is how often per unit volume, of say a galaxy. Inherent in our world is competition, whether between two tribes, two people, or two plate tectonics. I like to think that Humanity will continue to advance far into the future.
2.2.2. Facts
2.2.2.1. New technologies will continue to develop as I now consider it natural. In many cases we need technology to continue easing our existence, freeing up time for various creative pursuits not just simple necessities (Youtube: The history of technology in education, 2012). However, a far more urgent yet unfortunate reality is that technology is required for weaponry. And if one group of people fall behind, another group takes over and technology continues to evolve anyway.