Good Tech Bad Tech - No Clouds

Well, I see that the cute cloud is no more in demand. Ofcourse, it’s my fault as I gave in too much too soon on the cloud. So, let’s rest the clouds for now and move ahead with a promise to revisit them soon. We can talk about technological applications in various fields of daily life. Not that I want to become an advocate of anything technology brings about but its just that every tech has its core field of application and sometimes if we get carried away and start applying it into other areas, it may not turn out to be good. A classic example was shown in a Hollywood flick called Small Soldiers. The war between the Gorgonites and the Commando Elite takes an ugly turn when the toy company starts using Defense developed technology in toys.

That was Hollywood! Imagine if something like this happens in real life. It will be fun to see toys talking to each other though but then it can take an ugly turn anytime. So, where do we draw the line for technology? I personally am not a conformist to the new age education technologies. I see schools advertising that they now smart classrooms where digital aids are being used to teach children. I admit this would have a different impact on the kids while they see and touch things while learning about them. Graphical representation is always more effective. But the flipside is, we have this tendency of giving in to technology when it comes to assist us in our daily lives.

What does that mean?????? Is that the question? What I mean is that the moment a school teacher gets his/her hands on to technology, they would forget about the things he/she still needs to do as tech cannot replace the human element. A technology cannot teach any child how to respect each other or elders. It needs the warmth of a human guide to carry these things into the basic fabric of a child's psyche. Can you expect a digital interactive screen being able show the importance of love and compassion to kids? Naah, I can’t see that happening. One example of a humane aspect where we should leave out the tech and do stuff the old fashioned way.

So, again it all depends on how we use technology that comes our way. We visited our epics in the last post where Arjuna might have used some tech of their time to augment the capabilities of his weapons. Also, as one of the readers of this post added that Sanjay narrating the entire war episode to Dhritarashtra while not being present at the warfront - Sounds like Cisco Telepresence. Isn’t it? Looking at those things of past and what technology is bringing us now, it sure looks like there was a huge knowledge and tech in those times which was lost and now we are reinventing all of that. Maybe it would be a good idea to read the documentation of those old times. Isn’t it? Ofcourse all the techies dread reading the documents and insist of starting from scratch.

Now, this discussion is not exciting enough until I ask you all to pour in your views on the above ideas. So, I would like you to tell me via your comments that what is that one technology you have seen which is being used in the correct place and one which is being used in a not too appropriate place. Free Your Mind of the clutter and think whether all the tech you use today is doing you any good or does it belong to the place for where it was initiated in the first place.

Meanwhile, I will gather more stuff for you and let’s attach our views together to get to some conclusion, maybe. Till that time, share your feedback and as always Keep Up With Technology!

Cheers

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