What is the proper, or true relationship between humans, nature, and technology? The other night I scribbled a diagram on a post-it note. I just found the note, and made a cleaner version:

We are embedded in nature, whether we realize it or not. As individuals and as a species, living on a planet, nature is our context, now, and what gave birth to us in the past.

The word “technology” is derived from the Greek word “technos”, which means “art” or “craft”. I am using the word here to mean all things that humans create: tools, weapons, art, language, drugs, cities, civilizations – all artifacts.