Technology and Koyaanisqatsi

By U.S. HUD 

Koyaanisqatsi is a Hopi concept brought to wide attention as the title and central motif in Godfrey Reggio's 1983 movie. There are a lot of ways of looking at the meaning of the word, but the one that Reggio lit upon can stand, as it is a pretty useful way of framing the modern world. Koyaanisqatsi represents "Life out of balance," and, to me, that representation aptly depicts 1000-plus years of rising science and technology threatening human values.

I suppose there is more - that there is a unified theory gluon waiting, something like Capital, or Greed. But let's start with some simplicity.  Asking: Where is harmonious technology and humanism to be found, and where and why does Koyannisqatsi begin to emerge. - Jack Vaughan