TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN VALUES Flashcards
What made us ascend from the stone age to our
present global technological civilization?
“Our needs and desires guided the development of
civilization through the development of theories, tools,
inventions, and technologies that have transformed the
ways that we live and work.”
Allowed settled, communities (civilization) (TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION)
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION (TECHONOLOGICAL REVOLUTION)
● More food, so greater population density
● Greater population density allowed for
coordinated efforts and specialized skills
● No need for portability
(TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION)
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION (TECHONOLOGICAL REVOLUTION)
● More work to maintain higher, more complex
standard of living
● Emergence of morality, law, religion, records,
mathematics,
astronomy,
patriarchy
(TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION)
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION (TECHONOLOGICAL REVOLUTION)
● steam engine, then gasoline-driven combustion
engine
● More specialized division of labor and of knowledge - each worker needed fewer skills
● steam engine, then gasoline-driven combustion
engine
●Infrastructure for transportation
(TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION)
INDUSTRICAL REVOLUTION (TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION)
● English workers in 1811-1816, protested the
changes of the Industrial Revolution that they
felt threatened their jobs.
● The word ‘Luddites’ refers to British weavers
and textile workers who objected to the
introduction of mechanised looms and knitting
frames.
(INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION)
LUDDITES: Standard View (INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION)
● Better record keeping and communication
● Flexible programmable tools allow more
customized short production runs, so supply
can more accurately follow demand.
● Better scheduling and inventory control
provides basis for geographically distributed
production systems (globalization)
● Increased need for specialized education
(TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION)
KNOWLEDGE REVOLUTION (TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION)
