UNIT VII.
WHY DOES THE FUTURE NOT NEED US?
Why Does the Future Not Need Us?
According to Schultz (2016) cited in the Science,
Technology, and Society book for tertiary
level,technology had different stages.
● Proto-technology
focuses on the time when early tools
were developed before civilization.
● Classical technology
the rise of agricultural technologies and
the establishment of communities and
cities that enabled the survival of civilization.
● Modern technology
this is fueled by science concepts and
principles which date back about 500 years
ago.
● Postmodern technology
replaces naturally occurring products with
technologically developed ones.
Some of the major postmodern technologies
include gasoline-powered automobile including
jet engines,other petroleum and its derivatives
like synthetic fertilizer, Plastics, PVC.
Meanwhile, technological advancement affects
individuals, animals, and the entire world. Those
can give beneficial and non-beneficial effects to
humankind.
lower sufferings and improve the life of the
people, and yet some might cause harm like
ozone layer depletion, climate change,
nuclear war, war problems,
The following are some modern technological
advancements and the impact of possible threats
to extinction
1. Ozone layer depletion through chlorofluorocarbons
2. Usage of fossil fuel leading to global warming and climate change.
3. Nuclear war and nuclear contamination.
4. Plastics.
5. Petroleum-based fertilizer
6. Habitat destruction.
Technology-driven: Extinction and Displacement
- Like any other species of this planet, human
beings will tend to become extinct either
gradually or suddenly.
● Extinction – is the total disappearance of a
species.
Two possible scenarios for the gradual
extinction of human:
1. The usual course of life as individual age and replaced
by other species more adapted to the changing world.
2. The disappearance of the ecological niche due to the
abrupt changes man has inflicted in the ecosystem; the
entire population reaches zero reproductive rate.