Lesson 1: When technology and humanity cross Flashcards
are dependent on the resources available in nature. Hunting tools (stones, woods, bone, ivory). Nomads
HUNTER-GATHERERS
Primarily hunting food and uses hunting tools that is made up of stones, woods, bone and ivory
HUNTER-GATHERERS
dependent of resources available in nature because of the concept of domestication and agriculture has not yet developed during this times
HUNTER-GATHERERS
Humans are no longer nomads; they are able to establish permanent settlements.
SHIFTERS & FARMERS
Discovered mining. During this period, tools are now made up of bronze and later iron (iron age) for better agricultural practices
SHIFTERS & FARMERS
Discovered coal, gas, and oil. Paved way for industrialization. From small-scale to factory-scale production (Manufacturing businesses)
MANUFACTURING/ PROCESSING
Dominated the industrialization revolution. The discovery of coal, gas and oil paved way for industrialization
MANUFACTURING/ PROCESSING
The growth of establishments and manufacturing business is the key feature of this society
MANUFACTURING/ PROCESSING
Production of synthetic foods. For recycling resources to satisfy increasing human needs.
FUTURE MAN-MADE WORLD
The world we have today
FUTURE MAN-MADE WORLD
field that is sought after today because through bio-engineering, it allowed humans to alter the genes of different organisms to highlight its benefits and minimize the negative ones)
Bio-engineering
He classified societies based on the concept of waves where new waves resembles the new generation or the new type of society, overlapping or pushing aside the older ones
Alvin Toffler
Writer and futurist. His works are known to be in Digital Evolution, Communication Evolution and Technological Singularity
Alvin Toffler
is the one that replaced hunters/gatherers after agrarian revolution. This society is composed of farmers
FIRST WAVE SOCIETY
Resembles the shifters and farmers. Technologies are being introduced but in small scale only because the humans just started practicing agriculture
FIRST WAVE SOCIETY