LESSON 2:

TECHNOLOGY
AS A WAY OF
REVEALING
INTRODUCTION
Generation Gap

– attributed mainly to the

changes brought about by
technology.
– the original idea is for
technology to help every
one, it cannot be denied that
until today, not everyone is
comfortable using the
different kinds of
technologies.
Generation Gap
– this gap is a challenge for
people in the field of science
and technology to make
these technological
advancements more
accessible and less confusing
for people who are not not
as young anymore.
 HUMAN CONDITION
BEFORE COMMON ERA
HUMAN CONDITION BEFORE
COMMON ERA
– Our early ancestors'
primal need to survive
paved the way for the
invention of several
developments.
– Humans were able to
utilize abundant
materials for their own
ease and comfort.
Homo
Erectus
- Using fire to cook,
through chipping
one flint over the
other to produce a
spark, all the while
realizing the laws of
friction and heat.
Homo
Sapiens
- Humans begin to
sharpen stones as
one would a knife.
- Examples of
these is a simple
machine called
Wedge.
 HUMAN CONDITION BEFORE
COMMON ERA
– During the Paleolithic period, there are
several excavations that happened in Europe
of miniature statues prevalent, the so called
“Venus” figure.
– VENUS figure - this figure depicts a
rudimentary carving of a voluptuous woman
out of ivory or stone. reason behind the
making of this is still unknown to the
archaeologists and anthropologists.
 HUMAN CONDITION BEFORE
COMMON ERA
– Soon enough people discovered
minerals and began forging metal work.
they realized that these substances are
more durable, malleable and have more
luster than the previous material.
– Soon they begin to cover themselves up
out of necessity, and gradually, added
several more to their garments.
 HUMAN CONDITION BEFORE
COMMON ERA
– Excavations on the latter half of the stone age
includes several figures thought to be
ceremonial, meaning that perhaps people of
the time had also painstakingly wrought and
hewed said figures in honor of some deity.
– Nevertheless, religion remains to be the
strongest contender to science arguably due to
its being the most easily grasped.
HUMAN CONDITION IN
THE COMMON ERA
 HOLOCENE EXTINCTION

– Also called “Sixth Extinction” or

more aptly Anthropocene
Extinction, also occurred from as
early as between 100,000 to
200,000 years up to present.
– It pertains to the on going
extinction of several species—
both flora and fauna—due to
human activity.
 HOLOCENE EXTINCTION

– Growing population also

necessitated finding additional
resources, leading to overhunting
and overfishing common prey.
– Even as a community, the people
realized that they were at most self-
sufficient, they were in constant
need of resources.
 HUMAN CONDITION IN THE
COMMON ERA

– It is in the process that trade emerged,

leading to cross-town and eventually
cross-cultural interaction as more
products were exchanged and the initial
needs extended to want.
– Then, they began to hunt, farm, and
produce things with prospect of profit.
 HUMAN CONDITION IN THE
COMMON ERA

– Technology has been instrument

in all of these because in
searching for the good life, people
were able to come up with
creations that would make life
easier, more comfortable, and
more enriching.
 NOTABLE COMPARISONS OF
THEN AND NOW
1. MORTALITY RATE 2. AVERAGE LIFESPAN
– Due to technology, lesser women and – Science is able to prolong lives by
children die during birth. Medical care for enhancing living status and
premature infants allows them to survive discovering different remedies to
and develop normally, while proper most disease.
maternal care ensures that mothers can – Distribution of medicines is also
fully recover and remain empowered. made easier and faster.
 NOTABLE COMPARISONS OF
THEN AND NOW
3. LITERACY RATE 4. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)
– Access to education provided to more – It is often used to determine the
individuals generally creates a more value of the country’s goods and
informed public that could determine a services produced within the
more just society. territory given a certain time period.
– Higher country income is brought
upon by high productivity, often an
indicator of presence of technology.
ESSENCE OF
TECHNOLOGY
What is technology?
– is science or knowledge put into practical use to
solve problems or invent useful tools.
Retrospect of technology

– Proves to be goal oriented

– It is instrumental in achieving a goal in mind
– It is purposeful
What is the essence of
technology?
– Ways and means of nature to utilize and achieve growth
– A goal that we believe would bring forth betterment
– In search for good life
– One philosopher said “ that the essence of technology, or purpose
and being are different from each other” – Martin Heidegger
That he expound into two points:
– achieve man’s end
– Constitutes human activity
How to achieve Good Life?

– Don’t be too much attached on technology

– Make some alternatives
– Do not let technology take over your intellectual capacity.
Backtracking the
Human Condition
 Technology’s initial promises proved to be
true, regardless of its ramifications. All in all the
human condition improved, only if by improving
we measure the level of comfort, various scientific
breakthroughs, and improved lifestyles of those
who had the luxury to afford to do so.

Different machineries aid in prolonging—

assisting those with disabilities, honing efficiency
in industrial workplaces, and even exploring the
universe for places we can thrive once all the
Earth’s resources are depleted.
 As to the initial aims, it appears that things
really did not much differ. Some places in the
world are still battling for their daily survival—
disease, tribe wars, lack of habitable territories,
and competitions on resources are several factors
contributing to such.

People still wage wars basis of races, belief,

and abundance of resources and/ or territory;
except that now, they are able to inflict such in a
global scale. A lot of people still subscribe to
religion in explaining things that they do not
know.
 For those who have ceased to do so, they have
turned their worships to reverence of science.
Wither science or religion, these people are still
bent on trying to make sense of the events
happening in the world on the basis of either of
these two paradigms.

They are still trying to discover and

rediscover things that would give meaning to their
lives—whether it be honor, strength, or merit.
People are still trying to make sense of their
existence in the world, and technology does little to
aid them in their pursuit of life’s meaning.
 Nothing much has changed since then, and it
appears that noting will change in the times to come
if we fail to shift our view elsewhere. While it is true
that technology offered us one compelling notion of
the truth and the goof, we should be staunch in our
resolve if we want to know the real one.

Such as Aristotle’s conception of human

flourishing. His notion entertains the idea of holistic
enrichment of a person situated in his society. A
notable distinction on Aristotle’s idea is his
subscription on evaluative concepts called virtues
and their role in achieving the good life.
 Technological advancements are seemingly
occurring in a rapid pace that our morality cannot
quite keep up; no such consideration was give in
this approach in achieving the good life.
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