here’s a question for you- is it because of technology that we advance in terms of culture? Or is it our culture that causes advancements in technology?

Similarly to the nature of the never-ending question; “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” it is quite the mind-boggler.

On one hand, we can assume that every technology is a remediation- an improvement on a previous technology. But if that’s the case, how are new technology’s “invented”? They aren’t, are they? So they must be improved. Improved through usage. Perhaps one day Thomas Edison was sick of his candles running out, did he “invent” the lightbulb? Sure! But really all he did was create a form of light that lasted longer than an oil burner or a candle. Remediation. Because of the lightbulb, we are able to function in the dark. But why did that occur? is it because we need to function in the dark, so the lightbulb was created? Or it was created first, then it allowed us to carry on activity after the sun had set? It gets you, doesn’t it?

In order to use technology, you need the technique. So how do you create a technology without having the technique first? Or BECAUSE you have a technique, do you create the technology that goes with it?

*mind implodes*