PROMETHEAN IMPLICATIONS

Prometheus stole fire from Zeus and thus became the interlinking archetype between humans and technology. I had this professor in college who wrote about human's gendered relationship to technology in a book called CREATURES OF PROMETHEUS. His point was that we make and are re-made by technology. But further from there, we can thus read technology to tell us something about ourselves. One of his chapters focused on the Chernobyl Disaster. Pointing to what the accident said about how we are and the implications and effects, both literally gendered and designated so through discourse or normalization, or the way we treated the diseases that came from this accident, there is much to say about the the problematics of these relations. That is my interpretation of Tim anyways. So my point is this: Be wary of technology that promises Promethean strength. Let us not forget what happened to Prometheus. Our technology is within us, but it must never shape the balance to the extent that it completely becomes and consumes us. Nuclear technology should be treated with the utmost respect and consideration for its dangers. The nuclear industry is not doing this right now. They are selling a fantasy to consumers terrified of losing their quality of life. But undemocratic power leads to undemocratic relations. If push came to shove would you want to know how to use the wind, or would you like to fight for control of a nuclear reactor? It is an extreme, but it proves a point. We cannot mix these decisions into a martini built on capitalist nightmares. Remember that where we invest is our interest and will shape our futures. Our thirst must not overwhelm our practice.