Technology (“science of craft”, from Greek t????, techne, “art, skill, cunning of hand”; is the collection of techniques, skills, methods and operations used in the creation of goods or services as well as the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific studies. Technology can be the knowledge of techniques, processes, and the like, or it can be embedded in machines and that is operated without detailed perception of their workings.
The human species’ use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools. The prehistoric discovery of the way to control fire and also the later Neolithic Revolution increased the available sources of as well as the invention of the wheel helped humans to travel in and control their environment. Developments in historic times, like the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet, have lessened physical barriers to communication and allowed humans to interact freely on a global scale. The steady progress of military technology has brought weapons of ever-increasing destructive power, from clubs to nuclear weapons.
Technology has many effects. It has helped develop more advanced economies (including today’s global economy) and contains allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many technological processes produce unwanted by-products known as pollution and deplete natural resources on the detriment of Earth’s environment. Various implementations of technology influence the values of a society and new technology often raises new ethical questions. Examples include the rise of distasteful and of inferior of efficiency concerning human productivity, and the challenges of bioethics.
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