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yuti — February 3, 2008 / 2:24 pm
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p>Technique is a translation from human will into action to control something with their mind, and to think unconscious things, quantify qualitative things, make the nature generally can be understood, and control the chaos into order. (Jacques Ellul)
Since ancient times, human have already connected with the nature. The engagement changes along with human ability to understand the nature, and moreover, modify it. If in the ancient times, the nature influence our way of eat, life and survive, which was nomad, now, nature warn us about global warming, energy problem, food crises, and disease which never seen before. What can technology do? Is it created in order to defeat the nature with efficiency like we have done in the industry revolution, or is it time to turn back?
In several countries in Europe, global warming and energy problem have already become a central issues. Renewable energy such as electricity based on wind, solar cell, and bio fuel has been developed seriously. In the other side, some of them are still depending on developing country like Indonesia to get raw material for the energy. This condition is quite similar when we export our oil; the difference is only the commodity, oil replaced with Jatropha or palm oil.
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