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Technological Advancements and Its Impact on Humanity

Author

Mr.Pratik Rajendra ButtePatil.

B.Tech-Agricultural Engineering (Final Year)

Abstract

This paper sketches an overview of Technological advancements which have shown a substantial growth concerned

with each and every field of humanity whether it be the communication systems, astronomy, nuclear powers,

medical fields, automobiles, electronic devices of daily usage or the computers. Everything of the technologies has

its uses and abuses over humanity; both of the views are taken in the account….

Introduction

Humanity or Mankind has evolved from

the essence that separates humans from beasts:

the ability to use the mind for reason. Reason is

the ability to analyze, create, deduce, and

formulate. It is reason that enables human beings

to strive to invent; it is through invention that

mankind has developed society and created a

better world.

we could say that technology is the sum

total of instrumentally useful culturally-

transmissible information.

Technology, a word with Greek origins,

is defined as, “the practical application of

knowledge especially in a particular area”.

Technology is a word used to collectively

describe or portray the advancements, abilities,

Relation of technology with humanity

When we speak about the relationships

between technology and humanity, it is evident

that we have to deal with the interrelations

between some very complex phenomena:

technology, science, society or systems of

societies, and systems of rights of a universal

nature. The discovery and development of

number of powerful energy sources-coal,

petroleum, electricity etc have enabled humanity

to conquer the barriers of nature. All this has

facilitates the growth of fast modes of transport,

which in turn has transformed the world into a

global village.

Technology and Humanity: A Positive

Side



describe or portray the advancements, abilities,

creations, undertakings, views, and knowledge

of a singular group of persons: we as human-

kind.

Side

As the old adage states "NECESSITY IS

THE MOTHER OF INVENTION" i.e. necessities

tend to spawn inventions and each invention is

annexed with the need of betterment and

transmogrification.

Newer and newer advances are happening

All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the

automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks

volumes about his laziness.

Mark Kennedy

by the day. Technological change is in large part

responsible for many of the secular trends in

such basic parameters of the human condition as

the size of the world population, life expectancy,

education levels, material standards of living,

and the nature of work, communication, health

care, war, and the effects of human activities on

the natural environment. Other aspects of

society and our individual lives are also

influenced by technology in many direct and

indirect ways, including governance,

entertainment, human relationships, and our

Systems which is further extended to mobile

communications and the GPS, the

semiconductor devices that drastically

reduced the bulk of the aborigine (primitive)

Vacuum tubes and could fit

gigabytes into one's pocket, the fast and

"intelligent" supercomputers.

The advancements are also accompanied by

the reduction in the time, effort and cost for

production of any material ranging from the

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views on morality, mind, matter, and our own

human nature.

Technological development has provided

human history with a kind of directionality.

Without the needed technology a lot of

people would struggle with their health. In

addition it saves many innocent lives

Secondly, the advanced technology improves

industry by making it more effective and,

what is vital today, safer for environment.

Thus the speed of improvement is huge and

unpredictable.

Technological advancements have shown a

substantial growth concerned with each and

every field whether it be the communication

systems, astronomy, semiconductor devices,

automobiles, electronic devices of daily

usage, bio-electronic devices, building and

architectural design techniques or the

computers

production of any material ranging from the

microchips to the state of art automobiles or

from the sophisticated devices to the mega

structures coupled with ease in design and

development.

Needless to add that these advancement

invigorate economic development as the

effective use of technology reduces the

material production cost and the overhead

charges which generate savings in the

economy and thus lead to

development

Advancement in Technology: A Darker

Side

Problems and potentials often go hand in

hand; problems can be turned into opportunities

Every elements of the universe exhibits two

faces, one is constructive side and other is

destructive side.

Society has become more and more

dependent on technology. So much so that we

sometimes lack the willingness to think before

we act. We become impatient if it takes more

Technology... is a queer thing. It brings

you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs

you in the back with the other.

C.P. Snow

As technology advances, it reverses the

characteristics of every situation again and

again. The age of automation is going to be

the age of "do it yourself".


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than a few seconds to download a copy of the

morning news paper. We expect immediate

responses to our email, and we expect someone

to answer their cell phone whenever and

wherever we call.

Technology is making us so bust that we

can cant even find time to spend with our closed

one’s. it would be surprising to know that people

are in contact through chat and online messaging

though they are in same city because they think

its more faster and effective but they are

forgetting that meeting personally can never

replace online chatting.

Under the estimation, populations of 65

years old or over will occupy 24 percent of the

global populations in the year of 2030, it will

even be as high as 30 percent in certain nations.

5:1, for some countries like German and Canada

it can be as low as 1:1.

As the saying goes in political parlance that

“Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts

absolutely”. The same can be applied in the case

of the power given by the science and

Let’s face it; we’re a stressed society. In 1986,

33% of worldwide people reported living with

stress almost daily and 60% reported living with

“great stress” weekly and these stats continue to

swell. In 1994, as many as 20% of worldwide

people reported living with “great stress” almost

daily. Two things are certain. First, humans are

social creatures. Communication is essential for

the exchange of information and the

development of both emotional and mental

growth.

Weapon engineering

On the minus side there is weaponry

which is the inseparable issue of the new

technologies. Nevertheless, weapon engineering

propels and provides a huge advance. Rivalry

between the countries may also be ascribed to

technological advancements, as the countries

compete for the development of new warfare

techniques and equipments.On the other hand

while many people live in horrible conditions

and famine governments spend a lot of money

on developing weapon industry. Is it the right

way? Maybe the modern technology should

either stop or prevent social disproportions.

The real danger is not that computers will

begin to think like men, but that men will

begin to think like computers

Humanity is acquiring all the right

technology for all the wrong reasons.

R. Buckminster Fuller





of the power given by the science and

technology. The gift of science and technology

have been deliberately abused by the “powerful

humanity, time and again. There are natural

side-effects of these gifts, but their deliberately

misuse and abuse outweigh and evils of the side

– effects, which could have been modified or at

least minimized to a large extent otherwise.

Human greed, selfish interest, lack of planning

and myopic vision has all led to the abuse of

science and technology.

Artificial Intelligence

Nevertheless some people argue that

science can destroy mankind. E.g.; Robots will

be built to clone humans, robots will take over

the world, the first genetically cloned human

brain will be implanted in a robot which will

enable to feel human emotions, and maybe even

create some kind of robotic offspring. One thing

I would also like to state is technology is only

begin to think like computers

Sydney J. Harris

created by our minds, with our imaginations.

Without imaginations, no technology would

have been created.

Technology has made people rely heavily

on the new advancements thus making them

lethargic. People prefer riding a car rather than

traveling in a bicycle or a bus or any other

means of public transport. They don't care about

the environment or the harm they do to the

atmosphere by smoking out hazardous gases

thereby depleting the Ozone layer and leading to

overall global warming. Further, people prefer to

use calculators even for small calculations which

can be easily done manually. Additionally

technology has become a part of their glitz and

Technological Advancements: Present

scenario

Internet Technology

Another prominent technological

innovation that well represents our humanity

today is the Internet. The Internet is the

worldwide, publicly accessible network of

interconnected computer networks that transmit

data between themselves.

The Internet allows for us to, in some ways

make the world smaller.





pride, and their greed has aggrandized.

Do Machines Displace People From

Workplace?

Machines do not create jobs, they

definitely eradicate the need for human effort.

People make mistakes, machines do not. People

get tired and cranky, machines do not. People

are erratic and unreliable, machines are not.

People think and act slowly, machines do not.

People have very definite limitations of

endurance and concentration, machines do not.

But this did not mean that mechanized systems

would always be dependent on human

assistance. The development of artificial

intelligence and advances in mechanical

miniaturization has overcome these

shortcomings.

In the days of today’s stock markets,

financial infrastructure, global news

organizations, powerful militarizes, strong

governments and big corporations, instantaneou

communication is an asset we cannot afford to

lose. The Internet allows for our humanity in

modern day times to interconnect and promote

globalization and information sharing.

Medical Technology

Perhaps one of the most vital

technological advances in our society today is in

the field of human medicine and health sciences.

This field deals with the maintenance,

prolongment , and restoration of human health

One machine can do the work of fifty

ordinary men. No machine can do the work

of one extraordinary man.

Elbert Hubbard





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