TECHNOLOGY and

HUMANITY CROSS
Philip James G. Rocha
Lyceum of Alabang
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LESSON OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:
• Know some of the different technological advancements in
society.
• Discuss the development of science and technology in the
Philippines.
• Discuss the effects of the interplay between technology
and humanity through the dilemma(s) they face
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Introduction
• Technology comes from the Greek word techne and logos which mean
art and word.
• Technology means a discourse on arts (Buchanan, 2010).
• It first appeared in the 17th century when the concept was only used to
talk about the arts, specifically applied arts.
• Concepts like machine and tools were also attached to the word
“technology” which is the more popular sense of the concept nowadays
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Introduction
• In one way or another, each person in the society is directly or indirectly
affected by technology whether he wills it or not.
• Most people survive their everyday lives with great reliance on the
different technological advancements already available to the masses.
• Technology is already an inevitable part of society.
• The ever-growing society has made people see technology as some
form of necessity.
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TELEVISION SETS, MOBILE PHONES, COMPUTERS AND
HUMANITY
• A number of technological devices can be easily found inside the
home, the most accessible place to anyone.
• It can also be easily inferred that these technological devices are some
of the most popular and most commonly used types of devices across
all age groups.
• People all over the world use these technologies every day to
accomplish different purposes
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TELEVISION
• A product of different experiments by various people.
• Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, a German student, in the late 1800s was
successful in his attempt to send images through wires with the aid
of a rotating disk. This invention was called the “electric telescope”
which had 18 lines of resolution.
• In 1907, two inventors, Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton (an
an English scientist, and Boris Rosing who was a Russian scientist,
created a new system of television by using a cathode ray tube in
addition to the mechanical scanner system
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TELEVISION
• According to Kantar Media, in the Ph, 92 percent of urban homes and
70 percent of rural homes own at least one television set.
• Households with tv sets reached 15.135M (Noda, 2012)
What would these information mean?

Roles Played by this Technological Advancement: Television

• Advertisements and information dissemination
• Recreational activity and good stress reliever
• Good platform for different propagandas and advocacies
• Good way to bond
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MOBILE PHONES
• Mobile phones have a very interesting background story
• On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola,
made the world’s first mobile phone call. He called his rival engineer
to brag about his accomplishment.
• The mobile phone used by Cooper weighed 1.1 kilograms and
measured 228.6 x 127 x 44.4 mm. This kind of device was capable of
a 30-minute talk time. However, it took 10 hours to charge.
• Ten years later, In 1983, Motorola made their first commercial
mobile phone available to the public. It was known as the Motorola
DynaTAC8000X (Goodwin, 2016)
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MOBILE PHONES
In the Philippines
• Filipinos love to use their mobile phones anywhere, anytime.
• More than half of the Filipino population own at least one mobile
phone regardless of type.
• In 2010, Synovate declared 67 percent product ownership in the
country.
• Mobile phones are considered a must-have among young Filipinos
(ABS-CBN News, 2010)
• 1 out of 3 Filipinos cannot live without a mobile phone – Ipsos Media
Atlas Philippines Nationwide Urban 2011-2012 survey
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MOBILE PHONES

Roles Played by This Technological Advancement: Mobile Phones

• Communication
• Surf the internet
• Take pictures
• Watch movies, and video clips (YouTube and TikTok)
• Other applications like music player, calendar, radio and among
others.
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COMPUTERS AND LAPTOPS
• Computers developed in a very slow pace in its early times and double
speed at the turn of the century.
• It was Charles Babbage, a 19th century English Mathematics
professor, who designed the Analytical Engine which was used as
the basic framework of the computers even until the present time.
• In general, computers can be classified into three generations.
• Each generation of the computer was used for a certain period of
time and each gave people a new and improved version of the
previous one
• The first true portable computer was released in April 1981. It was
called the Osborne 1 (Orfano, 2011)
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COMPUTERS AND LAPTOPS
• In the Philippines
• Not possible for all Filipino families to own at least one computer or
laptop.
• Most profits gained by computer and laptop manufacturers come
from offices, businesses, or schools
• Growing number of Internet users in the Ph led to problems regarding
the Internet providers – usually down, slow speed and not available in
all places.
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COMPUTERS AND LAPTOPS
Roles Played by This Technological Advancement: Computers and laptops
• Communication
• Surf the internet
• Use for job
• Play games
• Watch movies etc.
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Here are some facts about Filipinos and their use of gadgets and the
Internet:
• Mobile phone subscription is at 119 million.
• Filipinos spend approximately 3.2 hours on mobile and 5.2 hours on
desktop daily.
• Currently, the Philippines has one of the highest digital populations
in the world.
• There are now 47 million active Facebook accounts in the
Philippines.
• The Philippines is the fastest-growing application market in
Southeast Asia.
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Note:
According to research by Philistar in 2013 a typical household owns at least
four of the following devices:
• Mobile phone (89 %),
• Smartphone (53 %),
• Tablet (14 %),
• Desktop ( 39 %),
• Laptop or netbooks (37 %),
• Smart TV (4 %)

These data prove the deep-seated fascination of Filipinos with

different technological devices
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Ethical Dilemma Faced by These Technological Advancements
• Most parents would argue that these devices make their children
lazy and unhealthy.
• People who develop different kinds of sickness because of too much
use of technological devices.
• It was the recklessness and overconfidence of the adults that cause
the character change in children.
• People are freely exposed to different things on televisions, mobile
phones, laptops or computers.
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Ethical Dilemma Faced by These Technological Advancements
• The people in the scientific world nor the children are blameworthy
because:
• First, the children are not yet capable of rationally deciding for
themselves what is good and what is bad.
• Second even if the creators of these technologies went out of
their way to inform children of the pros and cons of these
technological contributions, it would still be useless because the
children have no capacity to understand them yet.

Ethics of Responsibility  “what ought to be allowed?

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ROBOTS and ROBOTICS
• Another great product of the innovative minds of the people is the
robot.
• A robot is an actuated mechanism programmable in two or more axes
with a degree of autonomy, moving within its environment, to perform
intended tasks. (Autonomy is the ability to perform intended tasks
based on the current state and sensing without human intervention
• Robots are now widely used. A robot may be classified according to its
intended application as a personal service robot or an industrial
service robot.
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ROBOTS and ROBOTICS
• A personal service robot is a robot that performs useful tasks for
humans or equipment excluding industrial automation applications.
• A personal service robot is used for a noncommercial task, usually
by laypersons. These particular robots do specific tasks but focus
mainly on assisting their masters in their everyday tasks.
• Domestic servant robot, automated wheelchair, personal
mobility assist robot, and pet exercising robot.
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ROBOTS and ROBOTICS
• A industrial service robot or a service robot for professional use is a
robot used for a commercial task, usually operated by a properly
trained operator.
• Cleaning robots for public places,
• Delivery robots in offices or hospitals,
• Fire fighting robot,
• Rehabilitation robot,
• Surgery robots in hospitals.
• The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) and United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) made it their task to
formulate a working definition for service robots.
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ROBOTS and ROBOTICS
Roles Played by Robotics
• Used to ease the workload of mankind
• To make life more efficient and less stressful
• Pleasure, entertainment in parks or exhibits
• Perform complicated activities
• Toys, child-friendly
• Used in movies
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ROBOTS and ROBOTICS
• Just like people living in society, robots also have their own set of rules
and characteristics that define what a good robot is.
• These laws were formulated by Isaac Asimov back in the 1940s when he
was thinking of the ethical consequences of robots. Isaac Asimov was
an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.
• Law One: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction,
allow a human being to come to harm.
• Law Two: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings
except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
• Law Three: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such
protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
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ROBOTS and ROBOTICS
Ethical Dilemma/s Faced by Robotics
• Safety –
• Who should be held accountable if someone’s safety is compromised by a robot?
• Who should be blamed, the robot, the agent using the robot, or the maker/inventor
of the robot?
• Emotional component –
• It is not completely impossible for robots to develop emotions.
• What if robots become sentient?
• Should they be granted robot rights?
• Partial autonomy includes active human-robot interaction
• Full autonomy excludes active human-robot interaction
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CONCLUSION - FOOD for the Thought
• Science and Technology can lead humanity to either PROSPERITY or
DEGRADATION.

• Technological advancement may lead to environmental degradation and

social and ethical dilemma

• Because of some great and helpful inventions, a widespread

misconception about technological optimism arises.
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FOOD for the Thought
• Simple types of machines that can perform simple tasks regularly can
already be considered a form of technology. However, despite its
usefulness and beneficial characteristics, there are still some problems
faced by the different technological advancements.
• It is for these reasons that there are people who call for the
establishment of ethics of technology to prevent abuse and other
unfortunate results. This is why the ethics of responsibility is an
appropriate theory that can be used in these dilemmas.
• The word responsibility in the sense of being accountable for and
accountable to is very appropriate to the ethics of technology. To be
more specific, these problems are ethical in nature that involves not
only the machine but also mankind.
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FOOD for the Thought
• As such, it is then impossible for technology and humanity not to cross
paths because as some would argue, technology has become a
necessity for people.
• This view has its limits for it discredits the unsustainable aspect of
technology.
• It is important to be aware of the negative effects that some
innovations bring
• Pressing social issues should be addressed thus improve the future
conditions of society. Controversial in terms of its ethical use like its
necessity, methodologies, and accessibility.
• Also its social implications including how it will affect lives, families,
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FOOD for the Thought
At the end of the day, ethics should still be
enforced in the field of technology so as to
ensure the safety and morality of these
devices to people.
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FINAL WORD When Technology and Humanity Cross
• Technology now provide us with numerous things which we can do
creating vast arrays of human potentialities and also dangers.
• The growth of science and technology now challenges society's ability
to understand or control its effects on everyday life.
• If misused or abused or implemented so rapidly, harmful side effects
abound/ adverse effects are unavoidable.
• Let’s think of how technology affects our everyday life.

Can you think of the downsides of modern technology?