Technology And Technology Essay

Technology has a major role to play in both our work/school lives and our everyday personal lives. Throughout the years technology has developed and changed to suit the demands and needs of the costumers, but often the needs are exceeded by the wants of the larger commercial businesses. ‘Technology is a human activity and therefore humans drive its development’ (O’Reilly 2014). These changes and major developments in technology have had a huge impact on the surrounding world in forever being increased. The increasing levels of toxic and harmful gases into the world atmosphere caused by the industrialisation of many countries, is an addition catalyst to the causes of global warming. The increase and development in technology in the world of manufacturing has blossomed over the last fifteen years and although this has had some great impacts on local and world economies the world and earth has had to pay its price. With the ever changing see levels and o-zone layer the people of everyday society have had to pay the prices and live with the destruction that these so called world leading countries have inflicted upon the rest. Like everything there are two sides to every story and in this case there are many positives to take from the growth and development of these technologies. Over the last decade there has been a world-wide boom in construction and this has led to an increase in jobs directly involved in the construction it’s self but also in the development in the technology involved in the machines and tools used in the construction.

Technology has a major role to play in everyday life including in the classroom. And just like in the bigger outside world these technologies have their pros and cons. The use of technology in the ...

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...stand the working of the everyday technologies as well understanding how to use these technologies. As we have seen in the lectures, through our case studies and the TED talks by Willie Smits that understanding the technology we use in everyday life has a major role in the development of further technologies and the development of the world exploitation of it resources such as oil and timber and the effect this has on its surroundings, not only the environmental impact it has on the world but also the impact it has on the human who live and work with these technologies. The integration of these technologies is a good step in terms of cutting back on our impact on the overall scheme of things but they do come at a price. If used and implemented correctly the use of these technologies will benefit not just us and the next generation but may more generations to come.