Technology and Civilization

Ethics of Technology in Present Society Technology means the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks.

Its most Important consequence, at least for the purpose of economics in forcing the and subdivision of any such task into its components parts. (Calibrating,1974,p. 31) Technology is one of the most important factor in human life. It would be very difficult life without all these facilities. It becomes part of human lives.

It has played very important role in all aspect of life and one of them is civilization. Technology is one of the driving forces behind levitation.It was technology that help to advance agricultural and grow houses. People were living In caves and using animals skins to protect themselves from weather. There was no proper irrigation system and agricultural was not developed.

The earliest civilization did not arise in fertile rain watered lands in the temperature zone. Instead ,they began in dry or desert regions where water came from a river, a lake ,or a swamp. Farmers who grew corps on the very banks of the river or the shores of the lake or swamp were always at the mercy of devastating floods or droughts. En they succeeded In controlling water, however ,the results were spectacular.

The place where the first civilization arose was Iraq, a land the Greeks called Mesopotamia, the "land between the rivers" Tigris and Euphrates . The valley has good alluvial soil but is difficult but if difficult to farm. It is very hot and dry in the summer and cold and dry in the winter. Although little rain reached the valley, in spring water rushes down the from mountains to the east and north when the snows melt.

The river carry a great deal of silt that gradually raises them above the surrounding lain until they overflow their banks in devastating floods. All the peoples of the region told legends of the flood, most famously the Hebrew story of Nosh's Ark told In the Bible(Generals-9) (Technology A Word History page 1 8 by David R Headrace) Around 1900 BCC ,people living along the costal rivers began digging canals, some of them more than 50 miles long, to bring water and nutrient rich silt to ever larger areas of land.Formers started to use fertilizer for corps. Technology has help for the advancement of agricultural. Now there are canals and dams for storage of water.

These developments include genetic advancements in the livestock Industry, blob- tech agronomic advancements (the implementation of genetically modified organisms In crops), the use of GAPS technology In agricultural equipment, and the use of agricultural byproducts in alternative fuel sources. There are research centers which plays a big role to improve production by introducing new seeds.Agricultural now a days is big industry as compare to old days. There are new and developed techniques applied to increase production.

Technology helps to build road and bridges that connect cities . T reduces distance between cities and country. There are rail and bus service that can transport people to their destiny by using less time instead of weeks and months . Technology has a big role for advancement of medical field. It helps people to improve their health and live better life. By using technology it becomes easy for diagnosing process.

Before the use of technology, it was difficult and time taking process to find out the disease. Now it takes couple hours for diagnostic process and medical treatment started right away. There are different types of machines that plays very important role in medical department. All these new technology make patients life less pain full. For the heart patient who has blockage in their valves by using Electrocardiogram can help to determine how much is blockage.

Kidney patients has not to go surgery for removal of stone in their tube.It can be blast by using lithography technology. Here are few examples of technology benefits: In the treatment of cardiovascular disease, the use of coronary extents - artificial tubes used in cases of coronary heart disease to keep the arteries open - have halved the number of those dying from heart attacks or suffering heart failure. Patients with an Implantable Certificated Defibrillator (ACID) - a small device implanted for those at risk of sudden cardiac death - now have a 98% chance of surviving a cardiac arrest, compared with only 5% without the implantable device. For those who suffer from diabetes- a disease which is becoming increasingly common, and which places a substantial burden on health systems -now have access to very accurate blood glucose monitoring technologies.

This means that they can monitor on a daily basis and control their condition much more effectively, sharply reducing the risk of offering the common but debilitating complications of diabetes, such as blindness and peripheral nerve damage. Those people undergoing surgical procedures also benefit from the ongoing advances in medical technology.The minimally-invasive surgical techniques which are now used to treat aneurysms can mean a recovery time of around four weeks, compared with over a year for older procedures. Using new medical technologies, endometrial ablation, as an alternative to hysterectomy, has a recovery time of Just two to four days; the alternative needed six to eight weeks. (Comedy Medical Technology) Technology has played very important role in changing culture day by day. Now the world becomes global village where a person sitting in Japan can learn about any culture of the world.

This is Just because of internet that close this world together. People share their knowledge and expertise by using internet. Internet is a new medium of learning readily connected with outside the world. Students taking online classes and can complete education without going in class. There are different views regarding use of internet for students and how much is helpful in their education. Technology can be a great tool for motivating and engaging students.

Brain research real life situations, they're much more interested... Hat a powerful motivation technology is and what a broad range of skills- scientific analysis, communication skills, problem-solving- are involved.

" (Salter, 1999) Some studies have suggested a positive association between college students' Internet use and their learning. In Shall and Barge's (2006) survey study with 200 university students from Pakistan, around three quarters of respondents noted positive effects of Internet use on their learning in at least three aspects. First, Internet use improved their grades. Second, the Internet expanded their reading, writing, and information-processing skills.

Third, the Internet has proved a helpful tool in their studies. In another study, SKU and Huh (2001) used data (collected with the College Student Experiences Questionnaire) from 71 four-year colleges and universities in the United States (N = 18,344) and found that surfing the Internet for course material had positive net effects on intellectual development and vocational preparation, in addition to personal development. ( (Winter 2009): 797-812. There are advantages and disadvantages of using technology. When it is used for welfare of people it is good but when it is misused by criminals and terrorist.

Role of technology in politics is as important as in other aspects of lives. Politician use media to approach their followers. In old days it was only paper media and television . Now internet is playing a big role for Politician. There are social web site where political leaders communicate and leave messages for people.

Text message is easy and effective way to communicate people. It becomes very popular for voting naming. In future cell phones would play very important role in human lives. War and technology have always been linked very closely.

Indeed, without technology, there would probably have been no war. After all, without technology, if only in the form of sticks and stones, man's ability to kill his own kind is extremely limited. He can hit?a purpose for which his arms are much better suited than those of any other animal?and bite, but he can hardly kill; he can choke, but doing so takes time, and few people are so strong that they could not be overpowered by a few others. Under such circumstances early human warfare might perhaps have resembled the kind of strife we witness among chimpanzees.There would no doubt have been fights over living space, access to resources such as food water, females, and precedence.

Some fights might even have been motivated by the sheer fun of taking on an enemy and overcoming him. However, almost certainly there would have been no real war. ( War and Technology by Martin van Crevice) Technology has changed the war game in the world. It seems that tanks and Jet fighter becomes less important solider and radar that help to detect fighter planes motion. It looks like there is a race of technology war in the world.

As we are moving towards 21st century ,role of technology has become very important in human lives. In short ,technology has brought a lot of benefits in human lives. No one can think to live without all these inventions. In spite of the fact that there are different point of view regarding technology that affect on cultural values.