Technology: destroyer or rebuilder?

Technology is scary. Moore's law tells us that the speed of a processor will double every 18 months. I am a firm believer in technology, and mimic the beliefs of Ester Boserup that population increases will lead to innovation. I do believe that technology will save us, but it is also what has ruined us. Technology is the catalyst for global warming. The agitation from fossil fuels has caused the climate change, and has fueled our idealism of consumption. In environmental terms, technology saving us means returning the carbon parts per million in the atmosphere from 390 back to 350. It is not safe to assume that technology is going to save us, and we must change as a culture. Technology is a human asset, but newer technologies must be combined with drastic changes in human and economic focuses. Newer technologies in collaboration with newer lifestyles could lead to a healthier planet, but not the planet Adam and Eve lived on.