I can't get my head around the fact that the technology of the first two movies which are forty years prior to Star Wars is so much better than any technology they had in Star Wars!
There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology not its uranium.
Technology may create a condition but the questions are what do we do about ourselves. We better understand ourselves pretty clearly and we better find ways to like ourselves.
We can do it better more consistently and in the end it will cost us less because the students that we produce will be superior to those without technology experience.
These days the technology can solve our problems and then some. Solutions may not only erase physical or mental deficits but leave patients better off than "able-bodied" folks. The person who has a disability today may have a superability tomorrow.
The human condition today is better than it's ever been and technology is one of the reasons for that.
There used to be this country called the Soviet Union it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs.
Technology has allowed us to have more drought-resistant crops. The spotty nature of drought the spotty nature of rains can sometimes result in better yields than anticipated.
For the last 10 years I've felt increasing pressure to stop shooting film and start shooting video but I've never understood why. It's cheaper to work on film it's far better looking it's the technology that's been known and understood for a hundred years and it's extremely reliable.
So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better which people really want.