Technology Summary

“Technology is a broad concept that deals with a species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to its environment.” In today’s world when people think of technology, mostly they mean computers, airplanes, cars, cell phones, and television. Technology is also known for its role as the carrier of information, which is its most important aspect in modern times. If one could describe the 20th century in a couple of words it would be called the century of technology. Absolutely nothing in the 20th century remained the same as it was in the 19th. In no other century did things change with such rapidity and with such lasting impact. The most important effect on human behavior and culture came from technologies which were related to media, i.e. electronic and informational technologies. Thanks to them, the world has become a global village with all the drawbacks and advantages of such change. Instead of people controlling technology, recently it has been the other way around to the extent that we as a species are becoming too dependent, too weak, too limited, because we rely too much on technology. All technology was invented to give people more freedom, time and dependence; but as time shows it is just the opposite - in a way we have become addicted to technology.