Philosophy of technology

Scientists make important contributions to technology and medicine through their discoveries. Nikola Tesla is distinguished for his futuristic inventions which serve as components of electrical systems in modern times. Another scientist who influenced contemporary technology is Joseph Henry, who developed the telegraph. Likewise, the acclaimed scientist Hans Christian Ørsted discovered electromagnetism, which broadened the range of scientific possibilities. Despite the eminence of Tesla, Henry,…

In today’s society technology has become apart of everyday life. Although whether or not this is considered a good or bad thing is still undefined. People have almost become reliant on technology for everything. This reliance encourages laziness and represses critical thinking skills. With the ability to access so many answers to almost all questions - in the span of mere seconds - provides instant gratification that overrides the want to think about things critically. Plato’s Tripartite Theory…

Although the Hans and the Romans believe that technology is a great benefit to society, the Hans view the use of technology as beneficial to the common people while the Romans saw technology as an aspect of society that is intertwined with peasantry and vulgarness, but it is useful for comparing greatness among other empires in the world. An additional voice that would be helpful in further analyzing the attitudes of the Romans and the Hans towards technology would be a laborer of physical work…

bitforms gallery presented Daniel Canogar’s “Small Data.” Composed of “nine video projection-mapped objects that are intimate in scale,” Canogar explored society’s relationship with its ever-growing technological advances. Canogar, following the philosophy that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, or in this case art, gathered old television remotes, CDs, keyboards, calculators, and cell phones and smashed the items into small pieces: making the objects truly become small data. The…

Since technology improves living conditions and greatly aids humanity, when society possesses a strong background of scientific knowledge, society flourishes. Citizens become creative, open-minded and innovative, and in these environments, humanity has the opportunity to reach new heights. However, in Ayn Rand’s futuristic novella, Anthem, Equality 7-2521, the protagonist who flees his society after suffering oppression at the hands of his totalitarian government, lives in a technologically…

that the rise of technology is synonymous with the rise of corporate capitalism. The book title prescribes technology as a constructed capitalist plan to exert dominance over American society. Noble adopts a Marxist cultural determinist view that empowers humans (in this case corporations) as agents in technological development, thereby rejecting the technological determinist view which sees humans as malleable consumers, and technology as an external independent force. If technology is seen as…

Clive. Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds For The Better. New York: Penguin Books, 2014. Page 19-44. Print. Clive Thompson, the author of “Smarter Than You Think” is a longtime contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and a columnist for the Wired magazine. “He went to the University of Toronto to study poetry and political science, and then became a magazine writer in the 1990s”. He is one of the most prominent technology writers, respected for doing…

puts in these high positions are people that will conform to the collective ideas and will not try to improve the society. The inability to innovate and improve society is clearly the reason that the society in Anthem is so primitive in terms of technology and science. The majority of the population is not in a position to innovate which renders the majority of the society useless in terms. This restriction is one of the three reasons the society lacks almost any…

the last decade. With technology being at its height, digital media and the use of smart phones, computers, and games have become an essential part to everyone’s daily life. It is something that many people cannot live without and that they rely on for not only entertainment, but also work and school. With the influence of digital media getting stronger every day, its effects have carried over into our society’s children. Children from birth are exposed to these technologies and they do not know…

is undeniably a dangerous one. Without the ability to forge your own futuristic goals, humanity would be continuously hindered by the inability to contribute to society in a unique way. Ironically enough, due to the rising approach of advanced technologies such as robots, it can be hinted that the future of the world has already been settled, however, humanity has a tendency to deem it uncertain due to the potential psychological setbacks it would implant upon humanity. The idea of robots with…