Nature Inspired – Arts and Science
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) died just as the American Civil War came to a full blow with the Confederate forces crossed the Potomac River to attack Federal targets in Virginia and Maryland.
Today, beside his political legacy, there is also the legacy of his experimental spiritual and intellectual pursuits through communion with nature.
The Importance of Technology
Technology refers to the collection of tools that make it easier to use, create, manage and exchange information.
In the earlier times, the use of tools by human beings was for the process of discovery and evolution. Tools remained the same for a long time in the earlier part of the history of mankind but it was also the complex human behaviors and tools of this era that modern language began as believed by many archeologists.
Technology refers the knowledge and utilization of tools, techniques and systems in order to serve a bigger purpose like solving problems or making life easier and better. Its significance on humans is tremendous because technology helps them adapt to the environment. The development of high technology including computer technology’s Internet and the telephone has helped conquer communication barriers and bridge the gap between people all over the world. While there are advantages to constant evolution of technology, their evolution has also seen the increase of its destructive power as apparent in the creation of weapons of all kinds.
Wine Making Tradition and Technology
Change is afoot in the wine-making industry. Traditional wine-makers in Europe are horrified by the transformation by science and technology of the ancient art of making wine. Vintners in Spain, and particularly France, have shunned the new technology, and it has been to their detriment. Some people think that the changes that have come about because of science are a bad thing because they sometimes have increased yield at the expense of quality. Other people think that these traditionalists are snobby and worried that high-quality, complex wines will become cheaper. Good or bad, change is definitely here.
The entire industry is being changed by science; from irrigation to new corking systems, and from vine genetics to bacterial and disease control. Newer wine producing countries such as Australia and Chile that do use the new technology are becoming world class producers of quality wine. The rapidity with which they have done so can largely be attributed to science and technology.