Technology has been a fundamental aid to humanity almost since the beginning of our species. At the earliest period of human life not one but three separate species shared this planet and the taxonomic classification of the Homo genus. (Hominid…) For thousands of years Homo Erectus, Homo Neanderthalensis, and the more intellectually advanced of the three, Homo Sapiens, coexisted in a constantly conflicting but stable relationship. Until, quite suddenly 100,000 years ago Homo Erectus disappeared from …showed first 75 words of 1697 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1697 total…doctors, and countless other institutions we would now find exceedingly difficult to live without. It’s clear that humanity has the potential to use its tools to harm, but technology serving noble purposes has facilitated the maturation of our civilization. If history has taught us anything about humanity’s relationship with its technology, whether spears, farms, or clones, it is that a tool is only as moral or malign as the hand that wields it..