Technorealism

Found some interesting sites to do with technology today, courtesy of someone from the library:

First of all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Second: http://www.technorealism.org/

Both of these sites talk about the advent of technology and what it does to society. Check out this link specifically from the first site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

It describes a "Luddite" - which in modern terms "has been used to describe anyone opposed to techological progress and technological change."

I for one am not quite a "luddite" - I love computers, I practically live on them, but I do understand the deeper implications of technology taking over society. Take for instance The Matrix series of movies. For those not aware, those movies depict what would happen if computers gained their own intelligence, known as 'Artifical Intelligence" or AI for short. In short, the movies play out the conflict between the creatures of flesh and blood and memory chips and electricity. Considering that our brains/minds are made of small chips called neurons and electricity as well, are we really so different? Are we? Does that mean that we should let machines or technology take over completely? These are some of the questions posed by technorealists.