When Technology and
Humanity Cross
STS AND THE HUMAN CONDITION
Learning Outcomes
1. Explain the relationship
between technology and society.
2. Discuss the advantages and
Disadvantages of modern
technology
3. Relate Human rights and
emerging technological
dilemmas.
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Technology and its
importance to
Human Society
The use of TECHNOLOGY
started when human civilization
develop tools as they learn
complex human behavior
associated with survival in the
course of evolution.
How does modern
technology affect society?
Advantages
Advantages 1. Improved communication,
and easy access to information
Disadvantage and social networking.
s of Modern
Technology 2. Improved housing,
(Ramsey, lifestyle, and
2012) entertainment.
3. Convenience in education
4. Convenience in travelling
Advantages
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- Advanced prosthetics,
artificial retina, anti-aging
drugs, tooth regeneration.
6. Efficiency and
productivity
7. Initiates creativity and
innovation (online business)
Disadvantages (Ramsey,
2012)
1. Job loss and human displacement (According to the
International Labor Organization 2016, five countries in the ASEAN
Region Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia)
2. World destruction weapons (drones, nuclear weapons, various
missiles, submarine)
3. Increased loneliness (physical social isolation/limited physical
interaction)
4. Competency- increased dependence on modern tools and
technologies that create innovations and changes in the society
may reduce human activity and intelligence.
Universal
Declaration of
Human Rights
Under the
universal declaration
of human rights, the
state shall strive to
promote and secure
the universal and
effective recognition of
these rights through
teaching and
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The need to explore
Emerging conceptual, ethical and policy
issues where Science and
Technolog Technology intersect with society
ical from different disciplinary
Ethical perspectives for a common good.
It should be clear that recent
Dilemmas technologies and innovations
should NOT hinder any individual
from enjoying any rights.
Emerging Technological Ethical
Dilemmas
(In 2015-2016 Reilly Center for Science and Technology
Values some of what it considers as emerging policies
in relation to science and technology)
1. Real-time Satellite Surveillance Imagery
2. Colonizing Mars: An Astronaut Bioethics
3. Wearable Technology
4. State-sponsored Hacktivism and “soft war” (cultural
invasions and psychological operations)
Emerging
Technological Ethical
Dilemmas
5. Enhanced pathogens
6. Non-lethal Weapons
7. Robot swarms
8. Artificial lifeforms
9. Resilient social-ecological
systems
10. Brain-to Brain interfaces
Role of
Technolo
gy in Our
Lives
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How Does Technology Affect the Work Environment
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Ethical
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ADVANTAGE DISADVANTAGE
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HUMAN SOCIETY