Dear Readers,
‘What are the basic needs for living well?’ If anybody had
asked you this question 20 years ago, your answer would
probably have been, ‘Health, security, shelter, sufficient
food’.
This is very true. However, when the same question is asked
today, your answer would almost certainly make reference
to technology, which has undoubtedly become one of the
most basic of human life needs.
Although the rapid development of technology has made
our lives easier in many respects, it has, at the same time, led
to an erosion of some of the values we hold dear. Principle
among these are the dimunition of ‘ethical values’.
When our unlimited use of technology in our daily lives,
we should pause to ask ourselves the question, ‘Am I using
technology in a useful, responsible way? Does it actual help
benefit both me and others?’
There are now no borders in our world. This reality puts a
huge obligation on us to exercise self-control in order to
preserve our most cherished values.
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Rapid developments in Artificial Intelligence, the aspiration
to colonise other planets, the prospect of designer babies,
advances in genetic engineering…
Science fiction is no longer just ‘fiction’, it has become reality.
We now live inside what was previously a science fictional
world. In this ever-shifting reality, we now need to strive
even harder to maintain our values and the moral sensibility
which underpins them.
Over the last two years, we have witnessed passionate
protests in schools around the world against the lack of