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Is technology slowing conquering the world?
#19091045 - 11/05/13 04:38 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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This has always been in the back of my mind. Humans spend a majority of their time looking at a screen, it's like were being brain washed. People will sit in front of a TV for hours and just stare. Humans are the only species that interact with technology, is this a coincidence? Look at you right now your self right now, your starring at a computer screen when you could be out enjoying the REAL world! What do you think about this? Does technology provide any real benefit to our lives? Or is it all just a distraction covering up reality?
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Edited by mutantmushroom (11/05/13 04:39 PM)
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: mutantmushroom]
#19091082 - 11/05/13 04:47 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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i see it like medicinal marijuana. it can benefit one tremendously unless it's abused or misused.
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: mutantmushroom]
#19091083 - 11/05/13 04:47 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Technology provides all sorts of benefits, recreational or otherwise. How could you even question that?
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: badchad]
#19091108 - 11/05/13 04:52 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ya but what if all the benefits were an illusion that we cant see past. Like look at our planet ,we our destroying it. We are basically the earths cancer and you think technology is beneficial?? Mabye to the human race but where would the world be if we never existed? It would probably look a lot better than it does now. I think technology shows how selfish we really are. Its a luxury not a necessity.
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Edited by mutantmushroom (11/05/13 04:52 PM)
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: mutantmushroom]
#19091128 - 11/05/13 04:54 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: mutantmushroom]
#19091146 - 11/05/13 04:58 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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mutantmushroom said: ...Humans are the only species that interact with technology...
False, one example I can come up with off the top of my head is deer eating from a deer feeder, and there are many other exaples.
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zZZz said: i see it like medicinal marijuana. it can benefit one tremendously unless it's abused or misused.
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badchad said: Technology provides all sorts of benefits, recreational or otherwise. How could you even question that?
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: TrentBoyett] 1
#19091155 - 11/05/13 05:00 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#19091164 - 11/05/13 05:02 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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All you can do is point out where i'm false? i'm not talking facts here guys i'm talking about an idea.
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: mutantmushroom]
#19091178 - 11/05/13 05:05 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Technology is a weird thing. Like you said it connects us while isolates us.
Its scary to think just how much our lives are dependent on computers. Imagine if 1 day all the computers just decided to stop working unless man did what they asked. We would be the computers bitches for all of eternity just for something we could of had for free if we didn't squander it.
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: mutantmushroom]
#19091182 - 11/05/13 05:06 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I expressed my ideas with the quotes already...
I think technology is amazing, but can be used in bad ways as well.
That doesn't make technology inheirently(sp?) bad though.
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: Konyap]
#19091190 - 11/05/13 05:08 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Me too!
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#19091207 - 11/05/13 05:11 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I agree technology is great from the human perspective, but terrible from the whole perspective.
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#19091221 - 11/05/13 05:13 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: Konyap]
#19091289 - 11/05/13 05:26 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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too far...
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: Konyap]
#19091296 - 11/05/13 05:27 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Technology is great when its used to aid in the advancement of mankind as a species. But mostly its just used to generate revenue....
But in the words of Kevin Flynn "Evolution. Evolution is the greatest force in the material world. Evolution will provide us the next step in intelligent life. But it will come from somewhere unexpected."
DC
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: Demonic_Chronic]
#19091394 - 11/05/13 05:46 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Demonic_Chronic said: Technology is great when its used to aid in the advancement of mankind as a species. But mostly its just used to generate revenue....
But in the words of Kevin Flynn "Evolution. Evolution is the greatest force in the material world. Evolution will provide us the next step in intelligent life. But it will come from somewhere unexpected."
DC
that movie is the shit! I dig your sig
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: mutantmushroom]
#19091408 - 11/05/13 05:48 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Technology is conquering the world.
I feel like it is changing the course of evolution in humans as a species, even - in some ways I feel like we're devolving, almost..
Regardless, it is a powerful, powerful force and with it comes both good and bad.
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: mutantmushroom]
#19091483 - 11/05/13 06:03 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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mutantmushroom said: Mabye to the human race but where would the world be if we never existed? It would probably look a lot better than it does now. I think technology shows how selfish we really are. Its a luxury not a necessity.
You question was "does technology provide any real benefit to our lives" not "does technology provide any real benefit to the earth". Those are very different questions. There is no doubt that technology benefits every single one of our lives.
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: mutantmushroom] 2
#19091509 - 11/05/13 06:10 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I think to view technology in such a way one would need to be a pretentious ass, possibly in the 18 yr old range.
Technology can be used in great ways to enhance our lives or enlighten the mind. Sure you could stare at TV all day, but one could engage in other unhealthy habits as well.
Look at myself staring into a screen? Im navigating through my mind, learning things, stimulating my brain, and playing games.
Dont just think with your eyes and brain, use your heart instead of trying to demonize the western world and technology as a whole
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: Almond Flour]
#19091623 - 11/05/13 06:29 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I agree that technology can be used in positive ways. I often research interesting stuff on the internet. But what about all the other animals on the planet? We are destroying there home for our benefit. I just don't see you can say technology is great. It may be great your life, but its destroying our world! I don't know maybe this is how every intelligent species affects their planet, but it just doesn't seem right.
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: Almond Flour]
#19091640 - 11/05/13 06:32 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Almond Flour said: I think to view technology in such a way one would need to be a pretentious ass, possibly in the 18 yr old range.
Technology can be used in great ways to enhance our lives or enlighten the mind. Sure you could stare at TV all day, but one could engage in other unhealthy habits as well.
Look at myself staring into a screen? Im navigating through my mind, learning things, stimulating my brain, and playing games.
Dont just think with your eyes and brain, use your heart instead of trying to demonize the western world and technology as a whole 
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: mutantmushroom]
#19091720 - 11/05/13 06:46 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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mutantmushroom said: It may be great your life, but its destroying our world!
It really is not. The planet itself is quite durable, and life will most likely go on in some form on earth no matter what we do (although in a few billion years it will all be extinguished by the heat of the sun.)
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#19091727 - 11/05/13 06:47 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Technology is expanding horizontal instead of vertical if you know what I am saying
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: mutantmushroom]
#19091747 - 11/05/13 06:50 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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mutantmushroom said: I agree that technology can be used in positive ways. I often research interesting stuff on the internet. But what about all the other animals on the planet? We are destroying there home for our benefit. I just don't see you can say technology is great. It may be great your life, but its destroying our world! I don't know maybe this is how every intelligent species affects their planet, but it just doesn't seem right.
Technology is saving our world and is spreading information on how to do so. In fact its often the underly developed societies that lack technology that have huge issues with disease and polution.....not to mention ignorance and twisted practices.
A quick google search may show to TONS of folks that raping a small child DOESNT cure HIV which is a method used by some African men
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: Almond Flour]
#19091827 - 11/05/13 07:03 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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True, but we wouldn't have to develops new technology to fix our earth if technology never existed. Once the Sun engulfs the earth everything will be all good.
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: mutantmushroom]
#19091841 - 11/05/13 07:05 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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How could you not like technology? I just cooked a quesidilla in 1 min with my microwave! Now I'm eatin it
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#19091865 - 11/05/13 07:09 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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mutantmushroom said: I agree that technology can be used in positive ways. I often research interesting stuff on the internet. But what about all the other animals on the planet? We are destroying there home for our benefit. I just don't see you can say technology is great. It may be great your life, but its destroying our world! I don't know maybe this is how every intelligent species affects their planet, but it just doesn't seem right.
The way I see it, technology isn't destroying the earth. It's the way we use our resources and the general mentality of people giving no shits about things, underlying the use of technology, that's fucking up the earth.
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mjmihalov said: ...I think technology is amazing, but can be used in bad ways as well.
That doesn't make technology inheirently(sp?) bad though.
Agreed...
It comes down to how we use a technology, not the technology itself, that is "bad" or "good" for us and the earth.
Just how many plants & drugs can be a medicine ("good") and a poison ("bad"), it simply comes down to the dosage and how it's used....it's our choices and the way we use something, not the "something" itself.
And technology is a pretty broad term....everything from sharp rocks to rockets, pen & paper to the internet. Technology is a part of being human IMO.
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: openmind]
#19091917 - 11/05/13 07:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Nowadays technology is definitely part of the human experience. Who knows maybe technology is the next step in evolution. Think of this. You are born in the year 3043, the world is a wasteland. Directly after your born you are connected to a machine. This machine is the new Universe, endless landscapes and possibilities, all a simulation. This is where the human race lives, inside the machine. We can do whatever we please in this universe without disrupting the outside universe where unintelligent beings live. We could make maps and go there it would be like endless possibilities. Maybe we already are in the machine and we don't even know it!
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Re: Is technology slowing conquering the world? [Re: mutantmushroom]
#19092213 - 11/05/13 08:01 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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mutantmushroom said: Nowadays technology is definitely part of the human experience. Who knows maybe technology is the next step in evolution.
Technology is a part of evolution, in a sense....
Check out this technology that we used to use>>>

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Think of this. You are born in the year 3043, the world is a wasteland. Directly after your born you are connected to a machine. This machine is the new Universe, endless landscapes and possibilities, all a simulation. This is where the human race lives, inside the machine. We can do whatever we please in this universe without disrupting the outside universe where unintelligent beings live. We could make maps and go there it would be like endless possibilities. Maybe we already are in the machine and we don't even know it!
I honestly think we'll be able to do something like that long before 3043, I'm thinking we'll have the tech and ability to do that in the next 100 to 200 years or so...if not sooner.
And exactly...I wouldn't be all that surprised if this "reality" that we reside in is actually a simulation, the "universe" itself being a technology. And what ever is running the simulation is likely in a simulation, and what ever is running that simulation is in a simulation, so on and so on fractaling.
Simulations being created of ones reality, in the image of ones reality, to try to bring a farther understanding of ones "reality"....
I can't help but visualize this abstract image of humans merging or transferring their awareness/consciousness with a "machine". I'm using the word machine as being a new system or vessel or network to contain our awareness/consciousness....and taking a step back from that, seeing that something similar has already occurred before this, something that merged or transferred "its" awareness/consciousness into the machine we know as "nature" or the "universe" .
...err, something like that , if that makes any sense. It's just a random wild speculation & pondering I've had.
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