Technology and Freedom; Good or Evil?

Many say that technology is evil in some way,all die of disease and the number of flies would
they will tell us that technology limits us and takesincrease 1,000-fold.
away our freedoms. Those who opposeTechnology of today could not have been
technology live in the fear of change, but will notimagined in the wildest dreams of those living in
address their fears, rather condemn our speciesthe fourteenth century. Yet today we can image
forward advancement into the future. Thethe future of technology in fact I would like
demand a Utopia, but squash those who researchtechnology to record my dreams for instance, so
and study to make it so. They will attack theI can replay the good ones, or start the sequence
entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists and thoseto start where I left off. I would like to use
who cheer them on.technology to help me so I could do this and use
Yet if we look closely at the facts we find thatthis dream state to answer questions I have and
technology can give you freedoms. It can alsowork on complex thoughts. So, why not allow the
take them away. But mankind has been enslavingtechnology to help me do what I do that much
people anyway without technology and at timesbetter?
offered them their freedom either by decree,Technology is no more evil than an airplane to
sword or guillotine. So let's also understand thathelp us travel, a radio to listen to the news or an
too, just like money is not evil rather a unit ofultra-thin iPod to allow us to listen to our favorite
trade; so you see the other side?music while riding our mountain bike on the trails,
When the first automobiles started moving theroller-blading thru the park or standing in line at the
horse and buggies out of the way, everyonedepartment of motor vehicles. In fact if the
condemned them, until they bought one and sawDepartment of Motor Vehicles had their act
the new freedoms and ease of travel. Iftogether and made better use of technology, we
everyone had a horse and buggy today we wouldwould not have to wait in line at all. Think about it.
have so much horse crap in the streets we would