The David Stavis Show ep.5

My talk from Conversations of Passion at the USC Mudd Hall of Philosophy yesterday.

Here's the intro: 

"There is a big difference, not reflected in our modern semantics, between Tools and Technology.
Technology is the creation and advancement of material to draw from. It follows an exponential growth curve, and we are always hearing about it getting better or more powerful. Tools, on the other hand, are created for a specific purpose. They are made out of Technology, and they are what man uses to make up for his shortcomings. Unfortunately for our species, rarely these days do they make headlines.
In this talk I will describe the two concepts, enumerate the 3-part process of creating a tool, and illustrate for you why tools may be even more important to our humanity than we yet comprehend."