STAS 111-MIDTERMS
WHEN TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANITY CROSS
HUMANITY
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It has become appallingly- (to a horrifying or shocking
degree) obvious that technology has exceeded our
humanity.” –Albert Einstein
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-A virtue associated with basic ethics of altruismAltruism is the principle and moral practice of concern
for happiness of other human beings or other animals,
resulting in a quality of life both material and spiritual.
-It's also a word for the qualities that make us human,
such as the ability to love and have compassion, be
creative, and not be a robot or alien.
7.EASIER TO BULLY WHILE HIDDEN ONLINE
8.CAUSES
MORE
ENERGY
CONSUMPTION
POLLUTION
9.IT SEPARATES FAMILIES.
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SENARIOS OF HUMANITY’S FUTURE
1. Extinction-99.9%
2. Recurrent Collapse-(Building up to a specific “level” of
technological development before systems fail on a massive
scale and we must begin almost all over again) 3. Plateau
4. Post Humanity-refers now to the age of cybernetics where in
humans/real humans are non-existence.
TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
TECHNOLOGY
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Biological Engineering and Bio-Economy-substitutes
fossil carbon by bio-based carbon from biomass from
agriculture, forestry and marine environments.
Molecular Manufacturing and Self-replicating Systems
Distributed Additive Manufacturing
Artificial Intelligence Driven Automation
Neuromorphic Computing and Computing Beyond
Turing Limit
Quantum Computing and Control
Nanosatellites and Space Exploration
Internet to BrainNet
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Brain Mapping and Brain Uploading
IS GOOGLE MAKING US STUPID?
THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN LIFE
Does the Internet Make You Dumber?
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NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY
1.AFFECTS SLEEPING HABITS
2.LEAVES US FEELING ISOLATED
3.PROMOTES
A
MORE
SEDENTARY
LIFESTYLE
4.CONSTANT SOURCE OF DISTRACTION
5.CAUSES NECK PAIN, EYE STRAIN AND BAD POSTURE
6.SHORTER ATTENTION SPAN
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In one experiment conducted at Cornell University, for
example, half a class of students was allowed to use
Internetconnected laptops during a lecture, while the
other had to keep their computers shut. Those who
browsed the Web performed much worse on a
subsequent test of how well they retained the lecture's
content.
A team of researchers gave various cognitive tests to
49 people who do a lot of media multitasking and 52
people who multitask much less frequently. The heavy
multitaskers performed poorly on all the tests. They
were more easily distracted, had less control over
their attention, and were much less able to distinguish
important information from trivia