TECHNOLOGY, GROWTH AND HUMAN

NATURE:
Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel suggested that number of transistors in an
Integrated Circuit doubles every two years in 1965. Although Mr. Moore's law is now
redundant due to quantum computers and Artificial Intelligence but it still manifests
the innate and ceaseless human desire to innovate and grow.
Our society has long been driven by innovation, from being mocked when talking
about the possibility of flight to Two-Decker Airplanes; we as a society have come a
long way. Technology fosters due to innovation and human beings are an endless
mine of ideas. Capitulating on this desire to grow and the infinite amount of ideas,
we develop new technology and stop society from stagnating. Innovation is the new
culture. People think about making their and other people's life easier via new
technology. This course of action is regularly rewarded in our society. Incentives
such as this create a cycle of innovation in our society and we merrily embrace it.
Furthermore new technology easily exhibits itself on our mobile phones and automobiles but a major question still hangs. Do people prefer durability or new
technology? The growth of technology is Infinite. People still flock to their new Apple
store even though the new iPhone has few but rather insignificant upgrades over its
predecessor. Our ceaseless desire for new-ness is growth inducing but it cultivates a
dangerous mindset - the lack of cherishing.
We are readily available to dump our old phones for new ones, our old cars for new
ones. At some point in the past we lost our capability to cherish goods. Although,
the readiness to dump is a factor influenced by wealth we still have less ability to
cherish goods compared to our older generations. This is a major drawback of
technology, it makes us materialistic.
Technology is driven by innovation and technology itself without the advancement
of Transistors we may have never gotten to Complex Circuits. Technology's growth is
limited by the resources available but fostered by ideas. This tug of war between
tech and resources is a one-sided battle as in Technology always comes on top.
Technology triumphs due to our desire to grow and a 21st Century Human
possesses this in abundance. The desire for a cozy and relaxed life increases the
rate of growth of technology. More new gadgets, new clothes and new cars are
manufactured day in and day out to fulfill the incessant wants of human beings.
This is not a cause of concern to us as we human beings have always wanted more
and will always want more. Change is inescapable and now more than ever it is
happening efficiently in a lightning quick pace.
Growth is an inevitable part of any human society. Humans adore growth. Moreover
technology itself nurtures growth both in the economic and the social aspect.

Growth is the motivation behind our ideas and innovations. Although people are
gaga over new technology we often fail to realize the unintended consequence of
growth. Income disparity is at a record high, the world has been imprisoned in a
cycle of disproportionation. The rich get richer and the poor stay poorer. This cycle
of disproportionation is nourished by our desire to grow and seek comfort.
Somewhere along the line we lost our sense of empathy and replaced it with a
desire for ceaseless growth. Nonetheless, growth and comfort is still the major
driving factor behind technology.
Growth has its own immoral unintended consequences but ironically we are
obsessed on perpetual growth. Our human cognition can never be satisfied. In the
age of technology our mere existence is backed by technology and growth the lack
of any of these factors decay our society and pushes us back to the primitive age.