Should We Look on New Technologies with Awe and Dread?

Should We Look on New Technologies with Awe and Dread? The technological sublime helps us grasp the power of what we're creating--but at a cost. One of the most famous cuts in cinema history, from "2001: A Space Odyssey," perfectly captures a concept known as the technological sublime. First, we see an angry ape bludgeoning one of his fellows to death with a scavenged bone; he's only just discovered that bones can be used this way, and he hurls his weapon into the air in celebration. We follow the bone upward as it tumbles against the unpolluted blue sky.