TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYDAY LIFE
What is it?Technology is any solution, development or knowledge that facilitates life in society. And in the last half century, technological advances have been so far-reaching that they have even changed the way we live, communicate and relate to each other
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Advantages and disadvantages of technology
Technology has brought great advantages for social development, but also disadvantages that are expressed individually and collectively. These are some of them.
DISADVENTAGE
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Quick access to information.
Access to multiple sources of knowledge.
Stimulation of creativity.
Promotes innovation.
Promotes entrepreneurship.
Facilitates communication.
Contributes to the efficiency of other sectors, such as transportation.
Simplifies tasks.
Improves administrative and industrial processes.
Increases entertainment options.
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Negative influence on worker productivity.
Generates ethical dilemmas (for example, with artificial intelligence).
May generate unemployment.
Stimulates social isolation.
Dissociation from reality.
Generation of polluting waste.
Digital privacy problems.
Technology is used to solve in a more effective, fast and efficient way some of the problems that arise every day in the life of human beings. It is used to create instruments, artifacts, utensils and knowledge that allow men and women to modify their environment and adapt to it.
IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY
In the life of modern society, technology is indispensable. In fact, most scientific efforts are focused on the creation of new technologies that meet the needs of society and raise the level of well-being. This is on paper, because technology is not always used for its intended purpose or designed to improve human life, but a technology always meets a need. Without a need, the technology is not needed, and therefore will not be used.
Linked to the great needs of mankind, technologies of great importance have always appeared.