In James Bridle's book "The New Dark Age," he states: 

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Technology is not mere tool making and tool use; it is the making of metaphors.

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I am most purposeful, driven, and at peace when I am taking part in both: the building of tools, and metaphors. 

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I started my college journey thinking I would become an English teacher, and ended up writing a Master's thesis on machine learning. The path might seem odd, and at times even I didn't understand the trajectory. 

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But the truth is that the studying of metaphor and technology is often the same: observing (and reveling) in builders, and what they built. What is good, or bad, or interesting. How it was built. How it could be built differently - or built upon. What it means that such a thing is built at all. 

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Technologists are building our collective future.

 

I find great trepidation - and also great joy - in being a part of the building of that future: both the tools, and the metaphors.