"...the purpose of life was not the maintenance of well-being, but some intensification and refining of consciousness, some enlargement of knowledge"(Huxley 177).
The purpose of technological advancement is not to make us happier or to make life easier. The purpose is for us to expand what it means to be human. We should constantly seek to raise the bar higher, not to squeamishly keep the status level. Is there a ceiling? An end after which we can no longer progress? If such a thing exists, it would be our duty to find it and reach it. Technology is meant to enhance humanities knowledge and understandings of the world we live in. Understanding the full potential of our surroundings is something that technology is meant to uncover.
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