The question to consider in the final stages of this module is the relationship of technology to war, and whether, when we try to understand ourselves and our history, we are paying enough attention to this relationship? This might sound like a simple question, but it may contain a concept central to our understanding of civilization.
By considering technology as secondary to strategy, politics, economic structures, military strategies, etc.:
- Are we dismissing a vital piece of the puzzle? Does technology follow, or lead? If it leads, are we moving forward blindly, and ill prepared to deal with the kind of future we are fashioning for ourselves with our own tools?
- Think of a line of theoretical understanding or "Wisdom," and a line of "technical know how." Do you think they are in balance in our time, and if not, how much have ignoring technology's position and effects that lead us in new directions been problems in our educational and leadership institutions?