Technology and modern life Social Sciences Essay Paper

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Due: Wednesday, May 13, 8:30m | 70 points | 2000 words max | Emailed assignments will receive 0 points.

The due date and time is final and cannot be changed, extended or reset for anyone as it is designated by the university. 

Our study of technology and modern life have revealed that the development of technology is prompted by some desire to extend what it means to be human in and over nature such that humanity's place in the cosmos us consecrated, and/or we shoot our species beyond our particular moment in history. When motivated by these considerations, the proper use of technology will support our individual and communal efforts to achieve our being's ownmost possibilities, and in the process the ultimate human potential. When technological development is not informed by the issues we have studied, technology is mis-applied to do the work that is specific to and necessary for what Aristotle calls "the human function." The result is that rather than understanding and engaging world, life, other and self from a framework of our being, we develop a technological framework.

With the above review in mind, you are to create a future society (2035-2040) wherein two current/contemporary technologies have been developed and have become ever-more integrated in come aspect of the individual's life and some aspect of their society.

1.    Choose two current technologies. For each separate technology, research the impetus, development, use/misuse, politics, corporate development, and target audience of the two technologies. Write one paragraph for each technology. [7 pts ea.]

2.      What are the most likely future uses, re-designs, new uses and new users of each of these technologies? Think about what sectors or structures of society and life (i.e., social, political, economic, educational, medicinal, legal, business, personal, etc.) that are either not currently using these technologies; or, are currently using these technologies but could find new uses. Your goal is understand what are the (non-COVID-related) issues of society right now why; what were the circumstances, mistakes, short-sightedness, mal-intentionalities, etc. that led to the issue? How has the problem been addressed? What worked, and what didn't – why? You won't need to research each of these, but rather just one or two of them that you think would, could or should benefit from one of your two technologies in the future as additional potential uses or adaptations of each technology individually. Do each technology separately, and write one paragraph for each. [8 pts ea.]

3.    If you did #2 well, then you would have written a bit on the failings and virtues of human nature that are usually the root causes of most of the failings or virtues found in the structures of society. Sometimes we are amazing and great things follow…other times, we are own worst enemy. Discuss two aspects of human nature that you witness right now in society – one good and one bad. First, discuss each of your chosen aspects of human nature: specifically address how human nature shows up in decisions that lead to both positive and negative applications of technology in general; and, how human nature shows up in decisions that lead to both positive and negative aspects of society in general. Do each human nature separately, and write one paragraph for each. [9 pts ea.]

4.    Finally, apply the negative aspect of human nature (positive or negative) you discussed in #3 to one of the technologies and its likely future uses, and write a paragraph about the future. Then apply the other human nature to the other technology/social structure you established I #3 and write a paragraph about that future. [11 pts ea.]

It should be this time go without saying, that I will expect you to include either Aristotle's notion of being or Heidegger's notion of Being in your writing, as well reference and cite 3+ readings, 3+ class discussions, your last two media assignments, at least 1 other media assignments or blogs and one reference from each side of Debate #4.

You may not do this portion with anyone else (this includes anyone at home or from the class - including your group/teammates. Doing so would amount to cheating. 

Please be aware that this must be fully in your own language. I use SafeAssign, which alerts instructors if language of more than 5 words in submitted work is found in other students' work (titles and URLs not including). Thus, even when discussing previously submitted team posts, you must re-write in your own language.

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