“You can take any core human technology and kind of understand it as an extension of the human body. So in some sense, cars are an extension of our legs, television extends our eyesight, telephones extend our voice, and a house and clothing extend our skin and our body. Computers really do a lot of these things, but really, I think the most important thing that computers do for us…is that they extend our imagination.”

- Will Wright, co-founder of Maxis

I like this quote because it really captures the essence of technology, in relation to how we, as people, interact with it – we are using technology to extend our senses. Humans have always developed tools to enhance their physical and mental abilities, but as technology progresses, we are experiencing an increasingly sophisticated level of sensory feedback that changes the way we entertain ourselves. Continue…