Heidegger's analogy of technology being used to increase the yield from farm land parallel's the way that many employers’ view technology. The more computers and programs they provide, the more work their employee's should be able to produce. However, this often is not actualized. I saw an example of this in my workplace. A new computerized mileage program was introduced to automatically calculate the mileage that staff would travel to their clients. The idea was that this would result in saved time for the supervisors. In actuality, it did not save time, but rather refocused their time in a new way.
Obviously technology is becoming an increasingly important entity in our lives. Looking at the different types of technology makes me really question how much of it satisfies our "needs" and how much satisfies our "wants"?
Everyone is going to use technology in a different way, so will have different answers for the "wants" versus "needs" question. But, as you go through your week, think about it: do you really need to play a game on your phone? Do you really need to have access to your email at every hour of every day? Do you really need to look at the pictures on your Facebook "friends" account (the one you have not actually spoken to for 10 year?
In a lot of cases, I bet the need is not there, but rather we have become a society more focused on satisfying our wants.
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