Reading Two

It is true that technology affects the technical, and the technical affects technique. Technology can even change the way a human thinks, therefore changing his technique in life. With technology bringing on new technology, and therefore bringing new technicalities, new techniques are developed. By the end of one’s life, he or she will have a whole collection of techniques in every aspect of his or her life, and that is what people call “wise.” The older one becomes, the wiser he or she becomes. Why is this? Not only has he or she had more experience in life and in work and in school, etc, but he or she has also come up with his or her own set of techniques to go by, day by day, and survive the day without too much struggle.
Perhaps by knowing a few handy techniques, one could come up with a single dandy technique. Therefore, one is coming up with his or her own new technology to apply to his or her own life. For example, the Eameses came up with a new technology and technique to manufacture a piece of chair furniture by combining about six different techniques: using a bicycle pump, electrical heater, plaster mold, and rubber tire membrane, and they would press the heated plywood against a plaster mold, and laminate the layers of wood. The Eameses are a perfect example of a “wise” couple who would come up with their own techniques by using whatever technologies where available to them and apply it to life by using it in their designs in furniture and architecture.