Today we spoke with Bryan Heystee, a PhD Candidate working with Dr. Sean McGrath and Dr. Scott Johnston at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Bryan's research addresses questions such as: What is 'technology' and what does it do? Technology is everywhere around us and part of all of our lives. We often question this or that piece of technology; for example, what should we make of gene editing? But it is less common to ask what technology in general is. Most people take it for granted that they know what technology is: and that it is obvious and needs no careful reflection. To address some of these questions, Bryan is studying the Canadian philosopher Dr. George Grant. Grant is one of Canada's most famous philosophers and public intellectuals. He argued that technology is not simply a set of tools or machines that we use, but a way of life and a way of thinking.