A good life is not the use of more and more technology

Hertzel Karbasi
The Journey To Change Everything
3 min readApr 21, 2017

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Technology is just a tool. It’s a powerful tool, but it’s just a tool.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity — Albert Einstein

My philosophy encompasses building a bridge between the fields of human sciences (mainly Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science) and Information Science and Technology. Human sciences attempt to expand and enlighten the human being’s purpose, knowledge of their existence and well-being. Psychology includes subjects as diverse as social interaction, learning, parent child attachment, the sense of self, psych development, and information processing. Philosophy is concerned with a wide range of questions including ethics, moral, knowledge and the nature of mind. Technology is the collection of tools, techniques, skills, methods and processes used in the production of goods or services. Technology can be the knowledge of techniques, processes, and the like, or it can be embedded in machines which can be operated without detailed knowledge of their workings.

My goal in career is applying humanity principles and human science methods to understand how to best design, implement, and evaluate technology in the businesses and workplaces and the daily life of whole society. We should look at how technology can help us achieve our dreams and goals, and then look at technology not as the goal, but rather a supporting tool we need to achieve our goal.

By the words of Bill Gates: “Technology is just a tool. It’s a powerful tool, but it’s just a tool. Deep human connection is very different. It’s not a tool. It’s not a means to an end. It is the end — the purpose and the result of a meaningful life, and it will inspire the most amazing acts of love, generosity, and humanity.”

The whole point being that technology is not the center of the focus. The person using the technology is. We forgot the People; the Human for whom we make the tools/technology with great User experiences, Humans converted to users, and human well-being to user experiences.

A good life is not the use of more and more technology. People always remain the primary focus of any technology decisions we make for ourselves or others! Technology is just a means of convenience and productivity, It’s just a time saver, It’s not the purpose, not the goal, it’s a tool.

Technology can be more than an automation tool, technology can be more than an aid to time saving and convenience; Technology can have a direct influence on the nature of happiness and well-being itself. Technology can augment the human intelligence, judgment, worldview and perception. It is a force that the human science community cannot afford to ignore.

Human sciences should apply what we know about human thinking, feeling and behavior to help businesses design technologies: products, systems and devices to enhance quality of humanity, our perception of our reality, ethics, and morals.

Quality of life will not be improved by more and more technology as a means of convenience, the only mean to improve the quality of life, is coming back to our essence of existence: our True Self and our True Relationships, by combining technology and humanity to improve our own worldview and our interaction to others’ worldview.

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Hertzel Karbasi
The Journey To Change Everything

Exploring the Business of technology through the eyes of humanity