Technology, etc.

So, is technology the death of us, or are we the death of us? Is there really any death at all?
I made that knife because I find satisfaction in working with my hands. I'll go on to finish it and decorate it, and one day use it when I am hunting. It will be the knife that will skin the next bear that I kill.
Now, does that mean that I am considering the bear to be beneath me? Does this signify my supposed belife that all there is is meant for my use? Or, does this simply mean that I am partaking of my surroundings, and that this is the natural order of the food chain? I use every part of the bear that I can. I don't kill it due to dislike, or purely for fun. I leave the other bears to do as they please, and should I need more, I will come back. I think that the key to one of our major problems in this world (draining resources) is excess. Ahh, sweet excess; the American way, and arguably the human way. Why else would we Supersize our meal when all we really need is the normal portion? Why do we choose the 60" TV when we could see the picture just fine on 30"? We can come to the conclusion that this need for excess stems from two possible sources:
1. The fear of "not getting enough"
2. Following the DQ school of thought, it stems from the internal desire to conquer. By getting that extra 30", are we claiming that we are the master by having the best, therefore making us the best?
The fundamnetal problem is excess, and until we can identify the reason that we pyschologically need so much when all we really need is enough to satisfy our bodies, we cannot work toward a solution. This is also the problem with what we were discussing in class today: We discussed how we should live, and we discussed it as though it actually existed as a law, (which it may or may not) without ever thinking back to the fact that no one has even admitted its official existence as a law. Ahh, semantics.
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