The essence of technology worship

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"The Worship of Technology" College Entrance Examination Argumentative Reading Questions and Answers

①Today's art seems to be changing with great interest Enjoy a technological feast. The dazzling lights on the opera stage, the seats in the 3D cinema that swing up and down, the magician using various optical instruments to create visual errors in the audience, and the photographer using computers to modify a mediocre face to look like a fairy... In short, From the comprehensive involvement of sound and light to all kinds of unheard-of mechanical equipment, the speed of technological development is astonishing. However, how many people have thought about this question: What does technology give to art? What discoveries has technology made about the world, about history, about the mysterious human heart? In many cultural projects and theatrical performances that are greedy for extravagance, it is not difficult to see that the worship of technology is taking shape.

② Technology is an integral part of art production, and the creation and dissemination of art have never been without the support of technology. But even so, technology has never played the role of master of art. "Historical Records", "The Injustice of Dou E", "A Dream of Red Mansions"...these have become classics because of their ideological brilliance and artistic charm, not because they were written on bamboo slips, performed on the stage, or printed in books. However, in modern society, the rapid changes in technology have created people's blind worship of technology, so that many people do not realize that art production is undergoing a reversal: many times, the real reason why technology is implanted in art is actually the technological consumption of industrial society, and Not the inner impulse of artistic evolution. In other words, technology at this time has been promoted to the front-runner invisibly, and art is more like the market that technological inventions strive to open up.

③The "simplicity" tradition of Chinese art implies a disdain for "showing off skills". Ancient thinkers believed that complicated technology is dazzling and confusing, and the five colors may interfere with people's continuous focus on the "Tao". They unanimously warned of the possible dangers caused by "literacy over quality", which was the humanistic sentiment of ancient thinkers. Of course, this is not a call for art to reject technology, but rather to urge cultural production to carefully consider the significance of technology: if there is no shocking theme, complex technology can only be reduced to a superficial form.

④ This kind of superficial form is not uncommon nowadays, and the bizarre appearance often conceals the paleness of the content. For example, there are many cultural evening parties and other entertainment programs. Large-scale Bauhinia generous sponsorship, big-name actors frequently appear, mass media provides various spaces...the variety of cultural evenings is so dense that people have to wonder: does this society really need so many luxurious presentations? Except for play parties or evening parties, such a poor cultural imagination usually indicates the poverty of the theme - this poverty is usually in sharp contrast with the gorgeous style of technological manufacturing. At this time, technology has strayed away from the original intention of art, and many entertainment programs - rather than art - have served as the beneficiaries of technology.

⑤ Technology is a neutral thing and a tool. The key lies in how to use it. The blind worship of technology is tantamount to the blind worship of tools. The essence of this kind of worship is to value technology over Taoism, and to value things over people. If it is allowed to spread, it will easily obscure the real key thing behind technology - the role and conscience of people who use technology. When many social events caused an uproar in public opinion some time ago, not many people connected these social events with technology. From the production of clenbuterol feed, melamine milk powder, and poisonous capsules to elaborate financial frauds using telephones and the Internet, public opinion has unanimously condemned countless enterprises, profit-seeking merchants, ruthless scammers, and negligent regulatory agencies, while technology developers The responsibility seems to have been lightly let go, and people did not see the technical personnel involved in these social events come forward to apologize. This link became a blind spot and was forgotten - things in the cultural field also seem to often be the same. The progress of society and the prosperity of culture require that the relationship between technology and morality be brought back into people's vision, so that we can avoid falling into the trap and misunderstanding of blind worship of technology.