Essence of Technology

In our February session of the Tech Leaders Salon, we explored Martin Heidegger’s seminal work, The Question Concerning Technology. Heidegger, as with any good philosopher, is doing three things: Asking questions to open up a path and figure out what the essence of technology could be; Stating the obvious, albeit in a new way; and Leaving a lot of space for the reader to figure things out on their own. The key observations that he makes may not be all that new. I will be offering a caricature in what follows, but it is for illustrative purposes. ...