Can our society function with out technology?

Question

Do you think that we can live without technology?

Answer 1

We did before, did we not. some think it was better then than now.

Answer 2

no.   removing all the technology would change a lot.

more people would need to work on farms, for example, each of which would be much smaller than the average farm now.

we would have a similar society, but it would be different.

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Did you know that in the 1950s kids sometimes called the information number at the phone company to get help with their homework?

similar, but different.

Answer 3

It depends on how you'd define technology. Yes, I do believe society can function even without technology. That is of course, if you're referring to complex technological gadgets and complex technological machineries. Societies in the past didn't use such complex machineries and gadgets before. It would make life difficult to live though since technology offers convenience in our lives. People just came to believe that we need it because they got so hooked to the easy lifestyle. It may be true that a lot of people would die and suffer due to the loss of technology but it would not wipe out humanity and societies as a whole. But if you're referring to technology as applied knowledge, we might have ceased to exist a long time ago without technology. Remember that even creating fire using stones and wood would be considered a technological advancement in the olden days. People haven't created the word science and technology then, but they were already using the principles of science to find their means of surviving. The mere fact that they apply that knowledge, it would already serve as technology since technology as said earlier is applied knowledge. I think they call it friction in science (I'm talking about creating fire). The technology there would simply be the use of stones and wood to create the fire. Making tools to hunt for food would already serve as technological advancement, since it is still an application of one's knowledge. Planting and growing crops would also need knowledge applied. Even creating one's home even if it be a shanty would already be an application of knowledge. Without basic technological advancement, societies won't develop at all.

Answer 4

Yes we can live with out it but we wud hav to adapt to a new way of life and it would be very hard for alot of people

Answer 5

theoretically it can but the biggest effect of it would be the average life of human beings would shelve into half .