Regardless of what technology is, its end goal is the convenience of mankind. In the post-industrial societies of today, those who possess a creative mind are able to find critical problems and solve them before others do and they naturally win the game. Who gets to make life more convenient, gets more credit and earns more money and the losers have to run faster to keep up with the winners to make enough money to survive their lives. For them, technology not only offers no convenience, it forces them to run for their lives. Technology makes money worthless… an idea which might be naive and I hope someone proves me so.

Yang comes with Yin. I can’t say I believe in it, but every now and then I find myself listening to Alan Watts’s speeches and see the game of technology in it. Push technology further and get your fair share of Yang, but you naturally cause Yin as a result and there, you find yourself constantly solving big problems and inevitably giving birth to bigger problems. His speeches are out of the scope of our class, but just for the sake of avoiding plagiarism, here you can find his speech:

Recently, I found this interesting video of Jacques Ellul, a French sociologist/philosopher. He beautifully explains his concerns about the never-ending game of technology that we can’t win and our dependence and slavery in its system. I wish I knew French. His manner of speaking and his warm tone gives you the illusion as if you’re talking to him personally. Don’t miss the first 4 minutes.

The featured image is taken from: https://ellul.org/