Indiana Jones is very much an old-world kind of hero. He doesn't really have any kind of superpower or rely on any kind of technology to help him out of things.
What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology.
With millions of family wage manufacturing jobs lost since 2001 we need an energy bill that takes bold action to tap into American ingenuity in order to lead the world in new clean energy technology rather than playing catch-up to the Japanese Danish and Germans.
We live in a media world simultaneously obsessed with technology and personality.
World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology as a whole.
The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.
In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade exchanges transportation factory technology and new skills needed for the new industrialised world.
The way the world is going it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven by the old super powers it's driven by the far east and new emerging economies.
Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their horrific crimes.
Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle an overnight increase in gold reserves a new oil field or the next world-changing communications technology? Surely that's not too much to ask.
We're in a new world. We're in a world in which the possibility of terrorism married up with technology could make us very very sorry that we didn't act.
The world dominion of western thought forms of organisation technology and military force is not God-given nor eternal nor greatly appreciated by the rest of the world.
With the world's human population now at seven billion and growing and the demand for technology and modern conveniences increasing we can't control all our negative impacts. But we have to find better ways to live within the limits nature and its cycles impose.
Like all technology social media is neutral but is best put to work in the service of building a better world.
Despite all our gains in technology product innovation and world markets most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.
I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world ' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology but we are behind in empathy.
While the rest of the world has been improving technology Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.