TECHNOLOGY AS A WAY OF

REVEALING
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THE HUMAN CONDITION BEFORE COMMON ERA

THE ESSENCE OF TECHNOLOGY

BACKTRACKING THE HUMAN CONDITION

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• comparing the lives of the people before and now will make
anyone realize the changes that happened in society not just in
terms of culture, language or rights but more importantly, changes
in people's way of life due to the existence of sience and
technology.

• the term “GENERATION GAP” is attributes mainly to the changes

brought about by technology. Although the original idea is for
technology to help everyone, it cannot be denied that until today,
not everyone is comfortable in using the different kinds of
technologies.
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• however, this gap is not something to be worried about.

This does not in any way make technology a villain.
Instead, it is a challenge for people in the field of science
and technology to make these technological
advancements more accessible and less confusing for
people who are not as young anymore.

• Even before, people are already facinated with science

and technology.
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• People who lived in the past and people who are living in
the present all have different views of what it means to
flouish, primary due to the kind of environment and the
period one is in.

• Since there have been drastic changes in people's way of

live, it ca be inferred flourishing but to people's actual
human condition.
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• Our early ancestors primal need to survive paved way for

the invention of several developments.
• Gifted with brains more advanced than other creatures,
humans are able to utilize abundant materials or their own
ease and comfort.
• When the period where technology is said to have started,
the motivation to make things easier has been around
since humans are.
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• HOMO ERECTUS have been using fire to cook,

through chipping one flint over the other to produce a
spark, all the while without realizing the laws of friction
and heat.
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• Tools from stone and flints marked the era of Stone Age,
during the advent of our very own HOMO SAPIENS.
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• This particular period proved
to be difficult for our
ancestors, but in a remarkably
distinct way.
• For instance, there are several
excavations in different parts
of Europe of miniature statues
prevalent during the
Paleolithic period. VENUS - It depicts a rudimentary
carving of a voluptous woman out of
• the person behind this is still ivory or stone.
unknown to archaelogists and
anthropologists.
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• soon enough, people discovered minerals and began

forging metal work. They realize that these substances
are more durable, reliable, and have more luster than the
previous material.

• on the other hand, there are some indicators that humans

in the past share the same concerns and interests,
suggesting that these inclinations persist through
millitudes of generation over several millenia.
• Fur clothing and l skin are primarily used for comfort
againts harsh winds.
• Excavations on the latter half of the Stone Age include
several figures thought to be ceremonial, meaning, that
perhaps people of the time had also painstakingly
wrought and hewed said figures in honor of some deity.

The initial roster of primitive gods includes objects they

encounter through day to day lives, so it is not surprising
that different tribes may have different gods.
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• For a long time, humans were content with their relationship with
nature.

• earliest case of man made extinction occured over 12,000 years

ago, possibly brought upon by hunting and territorial disputes.

• The Holocene Extinction, also caled the Sixth Extinction or more

aptly Anthropocene Extinction, occured from as early as between
100,000 to 200,000 years up to the present.
• It pertains to the ongoing extinction of several species both flora
and fauna due to human activity.
• Growing population also necessitated finding additional
resources, leading to overhunting and overfishing common prey,
some of which were endemic to the area.

• They realize that they could get hold of things not present in their
towns by offering something of same value present in theirs. It is
in this process that trade emerge, leading to cross town and
eventually cross cultural interaction as more products were
exchange and the initial needs extended to wants
• Technology has been instrumental in all of tgese because in
searching for the good life, people were able to come up with
creations that would make life easier, more comfortable,more
enriching.

• The humans of today are much better off compared to humans

several centuries ago.

• Their has some of the notable comparisons then and now:

• 1. Morality Rate.
– Due to technology, lesser women and children die during birth,
assuring robust population and strong workforce. Medical care
for premature infants allows them to survive and develop
normally, whille proper maternal care ensures that mothers can
fully recover and remain empowered.
• 2.Average Lifespan
– Aside from the reason that people engage less in combat and
are less likely to die in treatable diseases now as opposed to
them, science is able to prolong lives by enhancing living status
and discovering different remedies to most diseases.
Distribution of medicine is also made easier and faster.
• Literacy Rate.
– Access to education provided to more individuals generally
creates a more informed public that could determine a more
just society.
• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
– Although not an indicator of an average person's lifesyle in a
certain country, it is often used to determine the value of the
country's goods and services produced within the territory given
a certain time period.
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• Humanity has indeed come a long way from our primitive

ways, and as a general rule, it is said that we are more
“developed” than we were before.

• Modern humans are reliant on technology in their search

for the good life.

• we see wys and means from nature to utilize and achieve

growth - a goal that we believe would bring forth
batterment.
• In retrospect, this view of technology proves to be goal-
oriented. It assumes that it is instrumental in achieving a
goal in mind, that it is a purposeful, deliberate craft
humans steer in order to reach some greater good.

• One philosopher by the name of Martin Heidegger argued

that its essence, or purpose, and being are different from
each other.
• The second perspective paints technology in such a way
that each period reveals a particular character regarding
man's being.

• In effect, through technology, a myriad of new questions

begins to mount, rather than thinking that humans have a
clear idea of what to expect in a good life, it can be stated
that technology allows humans to confront the unknown
and see how would they react.
• This is not a good thing altogether though, for
trchnological revelation is, but one of the many ways to
percieve the world.
• However, as long as humans are invested in growth and
development, we cannot distance ourselves from this
perspective.
• Humans are reduced into the amount of productivity they
are able to render during their lifetime, and our current
mindset is geared toward which would utilize our own
skill.
• This is the danger presented by too much reliance on technology.
• Humans lose track of things that matter, reducing their
sorroundings to their economic value.
• after all, was science and technology that gives us explanations,
which worked for us and benefited us.
• Rejecting a working, tried and tested process seems foolish, more
so knowing that there are no options of equal value. It will be
absurb to venture the dark and the unknown, but it should be
done in order for us to retrace our steps to be able to achieve the
Good