Global Issues Technology #1

Technology is the application of science to ______________

• save man kind.

• solve problems.

• establish order and control.

• make cool stuff.

The cats were parachuted in order to stop the spread of .........

• the plague.

• Coronavirus.

• malaria.

• caterpillars.

Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane, is commonly known as

Atlas, the sporty humanoid robot, is acrobatic, strong and scarily skillful, is the title of the article you read. The article states: "The company's most popular product appears to be Atlas, the robotic athlete, which it calls "the world's most dynamic humanoid robot."

"The company says Atlas can also handle objects in its environment, cross rough terrain, keep its balance when pushed and get back up when tipped over."

So we know the short term benefits of this technology. Mention one long term negative consequence this robot may bring.

The article TikTok and privacy: Would the popular app give your data to China? introduces the idea that TikTok presents no greater threat to personal privacy than other social media apps. The author begins the article by describing a parent’s ban on TikTok in her family. The mother is at the same time a professor of social media at the University of Southern California. What is the concern of this mother and professor of social media?

• violation of human rights

• to support Trump and government decisions

• to describe the addictive power of TikTok that has other parents concerned

• to suggest parents are reacting to TikTok without complete information

Traveling to different countries, seeing a photograph of the Earth taken from space, writing a book from

different places on personal computers that greatly facilitates its composition, wearing shirts that don't need ironing, and keeping the glaucoma under control to prevent people from going blind are examples of ....

• Short term benefits vs long term negative consequences of technology

• Unanticipated Consequences of the Use of Technology

• Ecology suffers from all that technology

• Benefits of technology

Fracking is an example of

• how technology can contaminate our environmet.

• when innovation advances faster than

  regulation.

• technology that lowers prices, helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, but put the community at risk with earthquakes.

• All of the above

In the Parachuting Cats case in the 1950's, health officials wanted to destroy malaria-carrying mosquitoes so they began to spray DDT on the outside and inside of the homes of villagers. What could be a reflection of this situation that we could learn from the past?

• We should use technology to solve emergencies leaving consequences for later.

• Technology should be well analized and tested before being used in a community.

• Technology can solve all the problems.

• We should wait to solve problems until more modern and up to date technology is realeased.

Look at the picture. Then explain the following quote from the textbook: " technology has in

many real ways made life more comfortable, stimulating, and free of drudgery.

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• rocks!

• is interesting

• puts me to sleep

• is driving me crazy!