WHEN
TECHNOLOGY
AND HUMANITY
CROSS: WHICH
SIDE ARE YOU
ON?
Why the future doesn’t need us (2000) Bill Joy, Chief
Scientist and Corporate Officer
• The world has come to a point where it
relies on technology to make life easier.
• The more humans progress, the more
technology will be available for creating
a relaxed lifestyle.
• At this rate, the years ahead will prove
to be the age of technology.
• It will reach a stage where human
skills and trades will be obsolete.
• Whether at work or at play, our everyday lives
have become deeply entwined with technology
and digital channels.
• People spend hours each day using mobile
devices, in-vehicle technologies, social media
channels, and other gadgets to communicate
faster and as part of their efforts to improve
the quality of their lives.
• In fact, the average consumer spends 4.4
hours of his leisure time each day in front of
screens, according to Google, and that doesn’t
include time spent in front of screens doing
work.
TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES
TELEVISION
According to Kantar Media, in the Philippines,
92% of urban homes and 70%
of rural homes own at least one television set
Household with T.V set reached 15.135M (Noda,
2012)
TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES
MOBILE PHONES
Filipino love to use their mobile phones
anywhere, anytime
More than half of Filipino population own
at least one mobile phone regardless of
type.
2010, Synovate declared 67% product
ownership in the country
FACTS ABOUT FILIPINO AND THEIR USE OF GADGETS
AND THE INTERNET
Mobile phone subscription is at 119M
3.2 hours on mobile and 5.2 hours on desktop daily
Philippines has one of the highest digital population in
the world
87,400,000 (January 2023) active Facebook accounts,
74.9% of the entire population (majority were women
53.4%)
People aged 18-24 were the largest user group
(26,600,000).
ADVANTAGES OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Easy Access To Information
It has become pretty easy to get access to relevant
information at any time and anywhere. This has
been possible because of modern technologies like
broadband internet. Lots of data is being published
and indexed online, sites like Wikipedia and Youtube
have great original content that is regularly used for
research or entertainment. With smart gadgets like
the iPad, iPhone, Galaxy tablets, etc., users can
easily have access to a vast amount of information
wherever they are through the use of the internet on
these devices.
ADVANTAGES OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Improved Communication
Communication is like water to life; it is essential to
growth, We can not progress without communication.
Modern technology has blessed us with advanced
communication technology tools. These include e-fax,
electronic mail, mobile phones, video conferencing,
instant text messaging applications, social
networking, etc.. All these modern communication
technology tools have simplified the way humans and
businesses communicate. I can quickly talk to my
relative overseas using a mobile phone or video
chatting services like Skype.
ADVANTAGES OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
The Convenience Of Traveling/ Ease Of Mobility
Modern transportation technology makes it very easy to travel
long distances. Transport is a very important both in our lives
and in the business world. Transportation technology has
evolved with years. In the past, it used to be slow and
expensive to move long distances. Nowadays, we can cover a
10 miles distance within a few minutes using electric trains,
airplanes or cars.
ADVANTAGES OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Convenience In Education
Learning is a process, and it is part of our daily lives. Modern
technology has made it simple for students to learn from
anywhere through online education and mobile education. Also,
students now use modern technology in classrooms to learn more
effectively. For example, students use tablets to share visual
lessons and examples with peers in the classroom; this has made
learning more convenient and fun. Also, new modern educational
technologies support individual learning which gives students a
chance to learn on their own with no need for tutors.
ADVANTAGES OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Benefits To The Health Industry
Today most hospitals have implemented modern
technology in surgical rooms, and this has reduced
mistakes made by doctors. Humans can easily
make mistakes because of work overload and
stress factors. Additionally, the development
community has developed health apps that enable
us to monitor our health, weight or fitness. These
applications are used on mobile phones, so users
have access anytime.
ADVANTAGES OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Efficiency And Productivity
Modern technology has helped businesses increase
production. Humans are slow, and sometimes they
fail to deliver on time and quality. Many companies
have integrated modern technology in their
production line, increasing output and allowing for
more consistent quality.
DISADVANTAGES OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Increased Loneliness
Social Isolation is on the increase, people
are spending more time playing video
games, learning how to use new modern
technologies, using social networks and
they neglect their real life. Technology has
replaced our old way of interacting. If a
user can easily interact with 100 friends
online, they will feel no need to go out to
make new friends which at a later stage
can lead to loneliness.
DISADVANTAGES OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Job Loss
Modern technology has replaced many
human jobs; robots are doing the jobs
which used to be done by humans. Many
packing firms have employed robots on
production lines to increase production and
efficiency, this is good news for businesses
because it helps them make more money
and serve customers, but it is bad news for
employees because they may become
DISADVANTAGES OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Security
Thankfully advances in technology have aided
security, however, due to these advances,
everything is connected to the internet in some
way. Our financial accounts, our photos, our cars,
mobile phone, everything touches the internet at
some time. Due to the network of worldwide
devices and systems, many have fallen prey to an
identity thief, hacked accounts by some
mischievous hacker. The road to recovery from
these types of attacks can be extremely long and
painstaking.
DISADVANTAGES OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
World Destruction/Advanced Weapons
Modern technology has been the main aid in
the increasing of endless wars. It aids the
manufacturing of modern war weapons. So
when these weapons get into the hands of
criminals, they will use them for their selfish
reasons. To add, these weapons often
severely damage the natural earth, making
some areas uninhabitable.
When developing new projects that will
employ innovative uses of technology,
do we assess whether this will bring us
closer or farther from understanding
the experiences of the people involved?
Do we ever try to develop new apps,
new data flows or new methods that
are specific to our institution’s agency
practices?
the human rights community also
needs to better address consent
consent discussion is incredibly
broad in scope and has been
sparking some fascinating
discussions with the technology and
feminist movements.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ralph-nader/why-the-
future-doesnt-nee_b_8021740.html
out of control
self-replicatingtechnologies that, once
the stuff of science fiction, were now on
fast forward mode decades if not years
thousands of scientists, engineers,
mathematicians, and systems analysts
are working in countries all over the world
churning out theories and specialized
applications without concern of their
overall impacts
among sensitive futurists worries are both
the intended and unintended consequences
autonomous weaponry may be intended for
certain purposes by government militaries,
but then emerge as more dreaded
unintended consequences where these
weapons decide themselves when and
whom to strike
drones do not need foot soldiers and can
be operated remotely
we are at the mercy of our
machines
would exterminate the masses
reduce their birthrate so they
slowly became extinct
become benevolent (kind)
shepherds to the masses
https://reasonandmeaning.com/2016/02/15/summary-of-
bill-joys-why-the-future-doesnt-need-us/
focus on the transforming technologies
of the 21st century — genetics,
nanotechnology, and robotics (GNR)
what is worrisome is that they have
the potential to self-replicate
makes them inherently more
dangerous than 20th-century
technologies — nuclear, biological, and
chemical weapons
21st-century technologies allow for
small groups or individuals to bring
about massive destruction
we will soon achieve the computing
power to implement some of the
dreams of other computer scientists
like Kurzweil and Moravec
worrying that we overestimate our
design abilities may lead to disasters
motivated by the desire to be immortal—
by downloading ourselves into them
scientists don’t believe that we will be
humans after the download or that the
robots would be our children
as for genetic engineering, it will create
new crops, plants, and new species
including many variations of human
species
confronts the so-called “gray
goo” problem—self-
replicating nanobots out of
control
humans may be on the
verge of killing themselves
