The astronaut

Abstract

The phenomenon of contemporary technology is astonishing. It is paving the path for men to achieve extraordinary results, from vehicles that reach the speed of over 1000 km/h on land, red blood cells substitute nanotechnology called 'respirocytes', to weapons that can eradicate the totality of our world. As the social experience is indicating, contemporary technology is becoming an essential feature of human life. So much so that a deprivation of such circuitry would result in a physiological, emotional or psychological breakdown. This, however, comes at a price. The human condition has at its basis the world we inhabit in which man understands himself as being human on Earth. Since the relentless innovation of technology and social media, which is easily spreading and flourishing in various corners of the world, is decreasing man's dependency upon the world, I shall argue that man is losing one essential feature of his human condition. In this paper I will follow Gilbert Germain's monologue, The Human Condition in the Age of Technology, invoking the philosophy Arendt, Baudrillard and Virilio respectively.