The practice of technology Book

A righteous call to introspection and action. Unlike what one may presume about this book, it is not a work narrowly focused on engineering. Rather, it is a work that can speak to any significant vocation in life. It has provoked me to think about engineering and technological marvels which underpin our daily comforts and pave the way for wholesale prosperity for all of humankind. As Florman's other works( The Existential Pleasures of Engineering and The Civilized Engineer) point out, we should not be so quick to be outright Luddite (aka haters of technology) or rose-colored technology enthusiasts. We cannot condemn technology any more than we can venerate it. From the atomic bomb that rocked Hiroshima to the privacy-decimating, envy-inducing Facebook, we cannot merely point an accusatory finger at technology as the sole source of our woes. As intelligent and rational beings, we must ascertain that we are capable to controlling the direction that technology takes as well as the emotions that technology evokes in us. As the creators of technology, we are responsible and accountable for our creation's impact on the environment and society. The book reminds us that we should be vigilant and heedful shepherds of technology. Technology, in whatever form or specter, will not bedevil or consume or enslave or annihilate us unless we let it.