Technological Society, Livability, and Sustainability

Abstract

There is no more striking idea for the sustainable future of humanity and the environment than the concept of technology. Heidegger’s thought on modern technology is considered one of the most important reflections of a sustainable future. Accordingly, technology should be not thought of as the method and tools for the objectification and exploitation of resources, but as the extension of the human hand to unfold, unveil and divulge these assets and properties based on care and responsibility for a sustainable future. There is a necessity for a rethinking of our decisions and actions based on modern technological strategy because this thought is associated with the concept of plundering drive for exploitation and domination that is constantly ordering resources as the standing reserve of human needs and wants.