Technology and Evolution

   by SJ.Yip

Technology nowadays are rapidly evolving, who can’t recognize the changes? It’s really fast that we can’t coupe up with upgrades on gadgets, computers, mobile phones and many more. Can we picture out what will it be 10 years from now? Maybe, there will be flying cars or maybe flying shoes to wear. I may imagine things which are for now are not possible but who knows someone already created one.

The human species' use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools. The prehistorically discovery of the ability to control fire increased the available sources of food and the invention of the wheel helped humans in traveling in and controlling their environment. Recent technological developments, including the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet, have lessened physical barriers to communication and allowed humans to interact freely on a global scale. However, not all technology has been used for peaceful purposes; the development of weapons of ever-increasing destructive power has progressed throughout history, from clubs to nuclear weapons.

Technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ways. In

many societies, technology has helped develop more advanced economies (including today's global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many technological processes produce unwanted by-products, known as pollution, and deplete natural resources, to the detriment of the Earth and its environment. Various implementations of technology influence the values of a society and new technology often raises new ethical questions. Examples include the rise of the notion of efficiency in terms of human productivity, a term originally applied only to machines, and the challenge of traditional norms.

Philosophical debates have arisen over the present and future use of technology in society, with disagreements over whether technology improves the human condition or worsens it. Neo - Ludhism,anarcho-primitivism, and similar movements criticize the pervasiveness of technology in the modern world, opining that it harms the environment and alienates people; proponents of ideologies such as trans-humanism and techno-progressivism view continued technological progress as beneficial to society and the human condition. Indeed, until recently, it was believed that the development of technology was restricted only t
o human beings, but recent scientific studies indicate that other primates and certain dolphin communities have developed simple tools and learned to pass their knowledge to other generations. (Source – wikipedia.com)

 

Gadgets that people say make our life easier. Does this mean that we are lazy doing the basic things. It’s like going back to basic where we are not dependent on gadgets. Where are there are no electricity? No computer? No gaming console? For some place which technology was not that updated or not yet been introduce they may say “Yeah, I can live without it” and maybe can survive for such but for those who are already used to it will be hard for them say “sure, why not”

 

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