The Effects of Technology

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The Effects of Technology

• The Good and the Bad

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To every decision, there are both
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Good
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Consequences
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Pollution
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A Growing Problem

• With the rise of Industrialization and machinery,
  there has been a distinct rise in various types
  of pollution.
• Air
• Water
• Ground
• Noise

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Air Pollution

• A larger issue in developing countries than
  developed countries.
• A result of industrialization, the CO2 builds up
  in the atmosphere causing breathing problems for
  children and the elderly.
• Smog

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Cairo, Egypt Breathing the air in Cairo is the
equivalent of smoking 20 cigarettes per day.
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Los Angeles - Studies show that living in
L.A. doubles a childs chance of developing
cancer at a later stage in life.
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Delhi - In a survey of almost 12,000 city
schoolchildren late last year, 17 percent
reported coughing, wheezing or breathlessness,
compared to just eight percent of children in a
rural area.
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Tokyo - As soon as 1946, pollution reached a
point in Tokyo, a new form of asthma was declared
Tokyo/Yokohama asthma.
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Global Warming

• Popular belief that the increased amounts of CO2
  leads to the entrapment of solar heat in the
  atmosphere causing a slow but perpetual increase
  in global temperatures.
• Global Warming

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Water Pollution

• A result of overpopulation and industrial waste,
  water pollution rages across industrializing
  nations.

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Ground Pollution

• Often termed littering on a small scale, ground
  pollution plagues industrialized countries who
  have moved towards a disposable society

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Noise Pollution

• unwanted or disturbing sound
• Problems related to noise include stress related
  illnesses, high blood pressure, speech
  interference, hearing loss, sleep disruption, and
  lost productivity

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Nuclear Proliferation
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What is it?

• Nuclear proliferation is the increasing worldwide
  availability of nuclear weapons, nuclear
  knowledge, and nuclear materials such as enriched
  uranium or plutonium.

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Why is it bad?

• On a global scale it is easy to control the use
  of nuclear weapons by stable nations.
• Not the same for radical or terrorist
  organizations.

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Relative Poverty
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What is it?

• The belief that those without want what they do
  not have.
• For example. Who wants a Twix?

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Poverty

• Almost half the world over three billion people
  live on less than 2.50 a day.
• But as an industrialized nation, we measure
  poverty in
• What kind of phone do you have?
• What type of car do you have?
• How big is your tv?

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Reliance and Laziness
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The Rise of Obesity

• With the emergence of technology, industrialized
  nations have seen a dramatic increase in national
  levels of obesity

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Reliance

• How long have you gone without using your phone?

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Removal from Nature
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One Last Downside
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The Good
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Life Expectancy!!!
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1800

• Life expectancy in industrialized countries has
  risen almost 30 years since 1800
• Infant mortality has decreased from 120 deaths
  per thousand to roughly 20 deaths per thousand

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Why?

• Development of antibiotics, medicine, medical
  technology
• Penicillin
• Aspirin

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Access to Information!!!
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Communication!!!
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Access to Communication
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