¶ … Human Technology
[in simple English]
The Pros of Human Technological Progress
Human technology gives people many wonderful advantages. It was technological progress in farming and food production that allowed early mankind to multiply and become the dominant species on the planet. Many inventions in hunting and the production of shelter enabled man to survive in harsh climates in the heat of deserts and the bitter Arctic cold. The invention of fire-making allowed early man to travel farther into harsh climates and to improve health and survivability because it enabled them to eat cooked food. Even before the time of Christ, many ancient civilizations such as the Romans and the Greeks used technology to build large cities that even had running water and aqueducts for sewer systems. Without the invention of strong building materials and methods, none of those advances would have been possible.
By the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution dramatically improved human life by allowing the construction of modern buildings and transportation. It also made mass production of consumer goods...
In the modern age from the 20th century onward, human technological advances have provided modern medicine and
healthcare that have saved countless lives from
diseases that would have been fatal for most of
human history. As a result of modern healthcare and
medical science,
life expectancy has nearly doubled for people in the industrialized world in the last one-hundred years. Of course, some of the most dramatic benefits of modern technology are
air transportation and computer systems that have made the internationalization and
globalization of
business possible in the
21st century.
The Cons of Human Technological Progress
While human technological progress has provided countless valuable benefits to mankind, it…
