"Given what we know now about the origins, history, and impacts of technology, is it possible to design, deploy, and use technologies in ways that help humans be more human, instead of more like components in a machine?"

"Given what we know now about the origins, history, and impacts of technology, is it possible to design, deploy, and use technologies in ways that help humans be more human, instead of more like components in a machine?"
Links:
[1] http://edge.org/annual-question/what-questions-are-you-asking-yourself
[2] http://edge.org/inthenews/what-questions-are-you-asking-yourself
[3] http://edge.org/contributors/what-questions-are-you-asking-yourself
[4] http://edge.org/responses/what-questions-are-you-asking-yourself
[5] http://edge.org/print/response-detail/11695
[6] http://edge.org/memberbio/howard_rheingold