All Things Have Two Sides

All Things Have Two Sides

In teacher Bryan's class we talked about 'technology'. Bryan handed us out quite a good learning sheet which contents I like. It read "make a list of the pros and cons of modern technology". Right! We should approach this problem in both pros and cons way.

To tell the truth, everything has both sides. In philosophical terms we call this 'dialectical perspective'. The way Bryan framed the activity is a kind of dialectical perspective. It is a very useful way and in any sense it might be the only way to the truth. This is because all things have two opposite characteristics which is called bi-polarity.

For the reason that all things have both sides, there can't be anything that is absolutely good nor absolutely bad. A good example is in the sheet teacher Bryan provided us. on the pros of modern technology, our group arranged instances such as conviniency, saving our time and increasing safety. But as for old people, technology is not on their side. It's not easy for them to access, so it makes them and even alienates them as well. And such a mal-function is the same for the young. The monster named technology is so rapidly transforming itself that all men are busy to adapt themselves to the new born something. These are the cons of it.

Whether we like technology or not, so deeply it comes into our life that there seems to be no escape from it. Our life without technology can't be imagined. It is a contradiction. Yes, it is. Nothing is without contradiction. "No contradiction, no world" -Mao. Then what is the solution? It's unity of contradiction. As an example of technology. If we try to do our best, we can evade a large portion of the cons. (On the concept of unity of contradiction, I will mention later.)