Assumptions:
1. Technology breeds laziness.
2. Technology creates waste.
3. Science and technology are part of human nature.
Questions:
1. Does technology breed laziness, or does it enhance the standard of living? This question is posed and influenced by many cultural and societal influences. In my opinion, society and the media tend to dictate to the general public what they need to enhance their lives. For example, having a new iphone will make life easier, but it also makes a person depend less on what's around them. Technology also breeds a culture that stays in more, playing video games and chatting online. It creates laziness toward physical activity.
2. Is waste a necessary evil for the advancement of technology? This question was influenced by cultural aspects today. I believe that we have developed into a society that thinks technology has all the answers. For example, we create technology to make our lives easier. Now, technology is always advancing, so new products are always hitting the markets. So what do we do with the old technology? We throw it away. This creates waste. Then we sit around waiting for new technology to come along to fix the waste problem. This is more of a personal view on the assumption.
3. Can we strike a balance between technology and the intended simplistic way of human nature? This is a question influenced from all realms: social, cultural, religious, and personal. When do we hit the point of going too far as far as technology is concerned? Society dictates that we need technology; cultural standards encourage the advancement of technology; religion indicates we reject technology; and then there's the consumer. It is a personal decision to know what is made for us by technology, and what is intrinsically already in us and around us.
5 comments:
I can say that I go more for assumption 1. From what I noticed, I believe that for younger generations, technology has brought up more lazyness. Since we save more time to do things considering out technology, people that don't do much in life, have too much time in their hands, and that's not good.
Good job on the assumptions, questions, and influencing factors. However, I'm not sure who is in this group and what is the individual contribution of each. I see there is a post below by Rick, which I think was in Candice's group. I assume that it is his individual contribution. While you did a good job on the final product, there seems to be a little bit of miscommunication in terms of group collaboration and bringing your work together as a whole in a clear and cohesive way. Group Grade: A- (although I still need to know who is in this group in order to give credit to everyone).
Waste will always be an ongoing debate as we move forward with advancements in technology. The the question is, can the masses as a whole dispose of waste in and ethical and responsible manner? There are many components in a computer alone that are not recyclable and are being shipped overseas to China where people actually call such wastelands their homes. Clearly we must develop ways to increase efficient waste management and accountability as we move into the forefront of the technological age.
Given your explanations about who is in the group and how you organized the posting, I realize I was very lenient in your group grade. There was obviously a lack of communication and planning among group members. I tend to be more permissive for the first post because students are still figuring out how it all works and what it's expected of them. So, since I already posted the grade, I will leave it as is, but know that I will not be so lenient in future assignments.
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