Introduction
Technology was birthed when primitive humans developed tools from sticks and stones to gain control in an unstable environment. Modern technology has succeeded in not only controlling the environment, but has to some extent become the environment. With technology we have been able to escape the harsh realities of nature; hiding away in concrete civilizations, trading our hunting and gathering skills for qualifications and job dependency. But since the industrial revolution, technology has been threatening to reclaim the jobs it once created; and as it continues to evolve we are left with the question: what will we do the tools we designed to serve us start to replace us?
Background
The industrial revolution showed that while technology can replace repetitive, …show more content…
This is an argument that didn 't seem to be touched on in other articles, which is strange because it is a pretty relevant point. Obtained the article on Proquest through Victoria Universities Library catalog.
3.Evan, H, L (1962). The Challenge of Automation to Education, American Behavioral Scientist, 6.3, 16.19. doi:10.1177/000276426200600305 . Retrieved from ProQuest Education Journals database.
This article is get a bit old though I still found it to be relevant, if more from a historical perspective. It looks at how technology has affected education in America in the 1960 's. Obtained the article on Proquest through Victoria Universities Library catalog.
4.Rifkin, J. (1996). The End of Work (pp. 141-157). Social Planning Council of Winnipeg.
This is the the book version of the End of Work by Jeremy Rifkin. While older it then the article by the same name, it obviously contains more information (most of which I haven 't had time to read yet), as well as pondering what a world run by robots may look like, a big question I aim to answer in my own
Technology was birthed when primitive humans developed tools from sticks and stones to gain control in an unstable environment. Modern technology has succeeded in not only controlling the environment, but has to some extent become the environment. With technology we have been able to escape the harsh realities of nature; hiding away in concrete civilizations, trading our hunting and gathering skills for qualifications and job dependency. But since the industrial revolution, technology has been threatening to reclaim the jobs it once created; and as it continues to evolve we are left with the question: what will we do the tools we designed to serve us start to replace us?
Background
The industrial revolution showed that while technology can replace repetitive, …show more content…
This is an argument that didn 't seem to be touched on in other articles, which is strange because it is a pretty relevant point. Obtained the article on Proquest through Victoria Universities Library catalog.
3.Evan, H, L (1962). The Challenge of Automation to Education, American Behavioral Scientist, 6.3, 16.19. doi:10.1177/000276426200600305 . Retrieved from ProQuest Education Journals database.
This article is get a bit old though I still found it to be relevant, if more from a historical perspective. It looks at how technology has affected education in America in the 1960 's. Obtained the article on Proquest through Victoria Universities Library catalog.
4.Rifkin, J. (1996). The End of Work (pp. 141-157). Social Planning Council of Winnipeg.
This is the the book version of the End of Work by Jeremy Rifkin. While older it then the article by the same name, it obviously contains more information (most of which I haven 't had time to read yet), as well as pondering what a world run by robots may look like, a big question I aim to answer in my own