Technology

Companies, corporations and conglomerates dedicated to technology have been forming and growing for the last few decades like benign tumors in the world economy. Devices and chipsets, sensors, modules, alternative energy, biotechnology, internet businesses, media services and social networks are but a TINY portion of these.

So why have they been growing so fast? Why was Facebook such a revolutionary platform for communication? Why does HALF the global population now own some form of cell phone? Why are tablet computers, smartphones and iPads selling like hotcakes around the world?

Because technology fosters communication, and communication is the hallmark of civilization.

Communication is the reason you no longer have to hunt or farm for your food.

- It is the reason you didn't have to build the house you currently live in.

- It is the reason you are able to choose (within reason) where you want to work.

- It accounts for the strategic location of major world cities

- Its necessity gave rise to governments and monetary systems

- It is what enabled every social, political, scientific, and artistic movement in the history of mankind.

Our humanity lies in our ability to communicate meaningfully with other members of our species. With it, we have become the dominant species on this planet, and have the potential to colonize the rest of the solar system.

Without it, we would soon regress to the dark ages and worse (take note: the story of the tower of Babel).

Think about the implications of this as you go about your week.