Evolution Of Technology (Week 2)

  "The tools we create, design us back," was a turning point in my thinking. The debate of how humans create tools that become so integrated into our life that they become extensions of us, altering our behaviour patterns and decisions. Why would a person in the twenty-first century prefer a button phone to a smartphone? Because of the evolution of technology, we have changed our preferences and choices; there were times when typing on a button phone was not a problem, but now it seems impossible; we do not have the patience for it; smartphones have made our lives easier, and no one wants to go back to the old way of doing things. Similarly, the wheel has become an extension of our foot, as have our skin's garments.

Everywhere you look, you can see how important written language is. It aids in the clear communication of messages, the planning of towns, cities, and maps, the elimination of ambiguity, the writing of historical accounts for future generations to witness, and the keeping of records. Words aren't like art in that they all have the same meaning to everyone who sees them.