1. As Technology Gets Better, Will Society Get Worse?
Summary of Tim Wu’s article posted to The New Yorker

2. Which would you rather stick around to watch?OR
A Man Carving with a Chainsaw
A Man Carving with a Chisel

3. Which would you take action on to help?OR
Social “Real World” Issues
Connection Problems

4. Would side do you see yourself more intrigued in?
Where we came from
Where we are going

5. Conclusion
Tim Wu’s article titled “As Technology gets Better, Will Society get Worse?” focuses on the chainsaw-chisel logic. This follows in saying that people are either more fascinated by biological evolution, or by technological evolution. In each of these pictures, which side did you choose? If you chose the right you are most likely consumed by technology and if you chose the left side, you are most likely upset with where technology is bringing us.

6. Flashpoint: “This chainsaw/chisel logic has led some to suggest that technological evolution is more important to humanity’s near future than biological evolution; nowadays, it is not the biological chisel but the technological chainsaw that is most quickly redefining what it means to be human. “
Tim Wu is a writer for The New Yorker, who has quite an interesting view on where technology is directing our society towards. The above quote (Wu) taken from his article titled “As Technology Gets Better, Will Society Get Worse?” depicts a very peculiar way of looking at how society impacts human nature and our progression. Wu uses the chainsaw/chisel logic as a way to show how humans are more likely to interact with technology than with human nature and biological evolution. This urge for people to conform to technology is expressed through the book “What Technology Wants” by Kevin Kelly, which talks about how technology wants what life wants.
The world is turning to technology for “Increasing efficiency; Increasing opportunity; Increasing emergence; Increasing complexity; Increasing diversity; Increasing specialization; Increasing ubiquity; Increasing freedom; Increasing mutualism; Increasing beauty; Increasing sentience; Increasing structure; Increasing evolvability.” (Kelly). Thus, it is safe to say that the demand for what life is all about (according to Wu and Kelly) can best be fulfilled through technology. This can be shown through this PowerPoint Presentation.