Growing Technology, Boulder and Beyond - by Aaron G Neyer
Technology is not what we think it is. It’s not this isolated entity that is inherently separate from us. Technology emerges from our human aliveness and relates with and influences our human aliveness. We can’t escape from technology anymore than we can escape from consciousness. If we isolate it and other it, demonizing it and idolizing it, then we fail to understand it and it may destroy us. But if we can truly embrace it and recognize it as part of who we are, it has the capacity to tremendously enrich our experience.
A more integral understanding of technology and our relationship to it is more vital now than ever, as technology changes and evolves at an increasingly accelerated pace. We also need new technology systems that reflect this understanding and that support our humanity and our aliveness. In order for this understanding to take root and these new tech solutions to emerge, a more integral technology ecosystem is needed, and we need hubs where that ecosystem can effectively thrive.
In this essay I will attempt to articulate elements that I think are necessary for a new vision of technology and for an ecosystem which can grow that vision. Further I will explore how Boulder can become a vital hub for this ecosystem, how this ecosystem is already growing and thriving here, and how we can effectively participate in its growth.
