The claim made by Wendell Berry in his work What Are People For? is that technological progress cannot lead to happiness. More specifically, Berry argues that technological progress is rooted in an unattainable state of mind when she claims that “[technological progress]...is justified by an obscure, cultish faith in the future” (14-15). In this excerpt, Berry suggests that we pursue advancements in technology because we assume that they will ameliorate the future - and that this is inherently foolish, as we cannot possibly foresee the future. The very basis of the technological progress system is rooted in reaping long-term benefits. For example, in use of Macbooks, students are told that this technology must be adopted to prepare them for
