How has technology affected our lives?

Question

how has it affected the global village

Answer 1

most people think of electronic gadgetry when we talk of technology; it is more than that; technology is the devising of a method and/or of a tool/instrument to ease and improve the accomplishment of an activity;

something as simple as using spoon and fork for eating is already technology;

the best technology is the least use of resources to achieve the maximum outcome;

I can cook my food using a solar cooker instead of one using electricity or gas or even wood; I can use the abacus instead of a calculator; I prefer to go back to basics - they not only cost less, they don't pollute;

of course there are just certain things you cannot but go high-tech;

so, in answer to the question, it has made the world smaller and made it easier for people to do things but ironically made the world more difficult to live in (pollution, waste, climate change, etc); there are more dangerous diseases and they spread easier and faster; more food is produced but more people are starving or malnourished; and we now have people who are richer than entire countries...and the list goes on

Answer 2

think about what you would do without technology....how would your life be different? how would have you lived before the turn of the century (1900's) compared to now?

Answer 3

I believe technology has allowed people to become lazy and has dulled our senses. In a way it takes us away from traditional interaction. We no longer visit or talk to our friends we just txt or e-mail. Children play video games and watch tv rather than play outside. Mothers don't breast feed they pump milk and store it or use imitation. This is technology, it helps and hurts. If all of our technology was taken away tomorrow, (including electricity) who would survive. With so much technology do we still have our natural instincts and survival skills?