The Myth of Technology

When I think of technology, it draws to very contradicting conclusions...
For one, I am using technology to write this very journal, but on the other hand- technology has also lead to weapons of mass destruction and lead to the average man losing his job to a microchip.

No one can doubt that technology helps out society to an almost-uncomprehendable extent [unless one of amish] - although, I once discovered an 'Amish Furniture Store' online, and I wondered how contradictory that was, perhaps even more so than the intro to this very journal... Perhaps.

Technology does many great things, helps kids to read and write- hooked on phonix.
Helps people with disabilities cope, and makes almost everything- even blogging easier... Possible?
But technology also takes away from 'face-time' and we have become so unattatched that often 'break ups' and official 'ask outs', have started happening over computers and through texts... Grow a bloody back bone.
It's ironic how technology makes it easier for us to communicate, but it has made us almost unable to communicate beyond a cell phone...
I personally, think that I wouldn't have a problem without technology- I often thought I was born a few thousand years out of my time... Two thousand years ago, I would have fit in so well. So I'm just out of my time.

But the main thing that crosses my mind when I think of advances in technology is warfare.
In my time[haha] war was very personal, where the man you were killing was only a few feet infront of you, if that. Whether it be by sword, or axe, or spear. But now, it seems that we have taken the value out of human life- almost.
Civilians and soldiers are taken out by our bombs, and IED's, our guns and rockets- We hardly ever see who we kill- and we kill a lot more, for the sake of killing. Not to get land back, or to defend a country...
The iraq war comes into mind... We are invading their country, when it was a completely different group that attacked on 9/11. It seems our warfare is just insensitive to humanlife, and I guess improvments and advances in tech, have made it easier not to care...
No doubt that technology does make our[society's] lives easier but I think I'd be well off, working on a farm, or in a smithy a few thousand years ago.
So tech greatly improves the lives of others, but for me... Perhaps it goes both ways.