How can you Get any Smaller?

I understand this is a technical question, and this response may seem like hyperbole, but as I get older I ask myself... "to what point?" regarding advancing technology as an end, in and of itself; i.e., more computing power. Technology will never replace your own consciousness. This is where one should try to develop. All the technology in the world will not end hate and violence. And all the technology in the world will not come to one's aid at the time of death. There is more to "salvation" than just "believing" in something or someone. And there is more to life than most realize. Technology has been spawned from "consciousness". Shouldn't this make us interested in studying consciousness itself? Technology can be a great aid to humanity... and also it's bane... witness nuclear weapons. While we are advancing technology by day, we should try to advance our own consciousness by night. Then we will have the right perspective to develop technology accordingly.