Technological Imerpative

In class this week we discussed the concept of the technological imperative, which states that if a technology can be developed that technology will be developed. This is suggesting that technology has a mind of its own and in so is above our control. The example that Dr. Langguth used in class was the formation of the atomic bomb. Apparently, if you speak to most of the developers of the atomic bomb today they wished that the technology would have never been developed; however, it was far out of anybodies hands. For the future, Dr. Langguth, suggests that their will eventually be the development of a human clone just because we have the technology to perform such a shocking event. It is suggested that even if the world says no to human cloning it will eventually occur. I believe this is not the case; technology is under the control of the person who uses the technology. If we so choose we can get rid of the technology that apparently controls us. There is no need for the internet; people can live without running water, heat, air conditioning, cars, and electricity. I know that many people are laughing at me, with this comment. However, what did people do before the advent of these technologies? The people lived, albeit the conditions were a lot harder and people were forced to perform more working tasks. Also, technology does not have a mind nor does it have free will. It is easier to blame something else for the problems that we created, such as the atomic bomb. However, there is nobody to blame but ourselves. We have the choice to create a technology and use it, when things don’t work out the way that we think it should we can’t blame the uncontrollable development of the technology.