I have been thinking about the effects of technology for a while now. I think taking a lot of philosophy classes have helped me clear my thinking about the process. Also being a citizen of a totally different nation than the United States has helped me draw these distinctions. The country I come from has great modern advancements from computers to advancing in producing Turkish made automobiles that are sold in Europe and Asia. Turkish culture goes as far as the Ottoman Empire. We are speaking of centuries old empire. Although there is a vast amount of influence of technology, people are still able to preserve their old traditions. There is a clash between the modern and the ancient world and it seems to me that the ancient world takes control of the modern world and the ideals that are produced are based on the ancient values. So technology is made to revolve around the ancient world and its the center for every ideal. At least there is so much value given to the focal pracitces which diqualifies the extensive practice of technology.
What is different in the states? My assumption is that we do not have the time to practice focal practices or we have not created or learned to create such practices in certain settings whether with the family or with friends. Or maybe we have not had the history or maybe we did but our older generations did not do a good job passing it on? More advanced nations like the United States and other western civilizations do absord other material things as more important and substitute them for the actual reality. My favorite philosopher Kierkegaard says, this is why our lives become more like plays rather than realities because we accept other things as absolute realities. When there are more distractions as such I do not think people can be blamed as well? Once you get caught up with the stream of a river it takes you with it you must learn how to swim in it.
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