Our twin worldly challenges and the role of Technology

1. Our twin worldly challenges and the role
of Technology
Owing to significant technological advancements in the past
many decades, technology is being falsely touted as the silver
bullet for many human challenges. I am inclined to see greed,
jealousy, lust, prejudice, malice, bad habits, addictions,
stress, relationship issues, etc. as human challenges, while
construction, transportation, energy, computation,
information management, communication at scale and
across geographies, etc. can be seen as material challenges.
Technology is dead matter; on the other hand, it has been
observed that humans are spirit first and matter last, and I
am inclined to agree. Correct spiritual understanding is vital
to overcoming human challenges: despite the diversity of our
worldly identifications (gender, nationality, religion, race,

2. etc.) at the grosser levels of body and mind, we are much the
same at the subtler levels of mind and spirit. That said,
technology can be used to support life by overcoming
material challenges.
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