1.18.07 In Class

Defining Science and Technology is a relatively easy task. Defining Technology and Culture however is a different matter. At first thought, these terms seem so different that they are easy to distingush. However, upon further examination similarities and dependencies are apparent. In my personal case, I was enlightened to a new level on this subject due to the in class lecture and reading. I have taken many of the technologies that are used on a daily basis for granted. What I found extremely, interesting was when we started naming things that we as a culture would not have if technology was not present, and even more so when we started to define "cyborg." I was naive to its true meaning, linking it to terminator status. Down to the medicines I ingest to pins that held my hand together for months, I am emersed in a society that everyone a cyborg. It is frightening at first, but it returns to reassuring to know that technology has provided the human race a prolonged quality life.