Blog 7

The last section of Ihde's book discussed several interesting topics and I for the first time in reading this text was able to somewhat understand what he was meaning. The main idea i found interesting was the role that culture plays in the way we perceive technology. People in different cultures use pieces of technology for different things. I also found his discussion of first and third world countries interesting. He felt that to be a successful country the country needs to be technologically advanced. To be technologically advanced we must also have a good education, specifically science education. The availabilty of ecucation programs and mainly money is the reason why first world countries are more advanced than third world countries. However this idea is a little unfair because many third world countries want to do more with technology they just don't have the money, resources, or opportunities available to them that some of the more advanced countries have. The last idea I found interesting was that we should control technology. I feel like there are very few things in life that are controllable. You have to have something completely mastered to be able to control and technology is in no means mastered and won't be for a long time if ever.