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Originally Posted by kazbates
Hopefully, technology will evolve to find something even better than electricity! It was a great invention from the last century, but it is that power source that is still keeping us connected to the wall!
When I talk about technology with my elementary students, I show them a quill and inkwell, a pencil, a ball point pen, a typewriter and a computer. It helps them see the progression of technology over the years. Each one was an improvement over the other. I see ebooks in the same way.
Kaz
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This is why I find the Amish fascinating, the ability to borrow certain technologies or neglect others..
Another example would be a pack of good sled dogs being more reliable than a snowmobile when a crucial part fails on a snowy trail in the middle of nowhere. Now the native has no snowmobile and lacks the ability to build a sled or care for the dogs.
"Improvement" is relative, speed and efficiency is another matter. Sometimes it's about speed. The horse was replaced by the auto, but at what cost to the planet environmentally? No I'm not a Luddite, and have no intentions of going to live on a farm
Just pointing out that progress is not always linear.
Way off topic sorry...