 Our Relationship with Technology
Our Relationship with Technology
Microwave, Radar Detector, Cell Phone, GPS, Internet, Email, Social Networking, Heated Seats, IPOD, Touchscreen Computers, Full Color Printers, Flat Screen TV's, WIFI, One Touch Health Diagnostics, Digital Camera, Push To Talk, ATM, Where would be without technology? Can we live without it? The Panel speaks out. listen to audio archive
EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY: The human species' use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools. The prehistorical discovery of the ability to control fire increased the available sources of food and the invention of the wheel helped humans in travelling 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.
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Are we too dependent on technology.?
1. It is an interesting dilemma of our culture. We are technology addicts, from our new clothes to our high tech phones and those flat screen HD TVs; all of it hinged on the idea that someone will be able to fix it, and someone will keep the electricity flowing.
2. Humans have been to the moon,built atom bombs, supersonic jets,satelite televisions and more, though we are less equipped to survive now that thousands of years ago...........imagine the chaos if there was no Walmart.
3. Most people can't don't even know each others phone numbers anymore because they are used to just finding the name in the cell phone menu.
4. If my internet or my computer were to stop working, I'd feel lost, and really frustrated.
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THE DOWNSIDE OF TECHNOLOGY: 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.
THE END RESULT: 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.
LOCAL FARMING: Some subsidies are positive - that is money is paid for increased production, while other subsidies are negative where tax revenues are given to farmers in exchange for not growing a particular commodity. Tobacco farmers in the U.S. state of North Carolina, for example, have recently been awarded tax-funds in exchange for not growing tobacco.[citation needed]
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