On the Burden of Technology and the Mission of Scientist

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-39
Author(s):  
Nadezhda A. Kasavina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Human Situation ◽  
Global Problems ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

The whole problem under our collective investigation, as I view it, is about understanding the human situation in terms of the impact of technology. The union of science and technology still resides within the limits of a “practical anthropocentrism” (Marsel G.), that is increasing satisfaction of human needs. An advancement in science and technology is accompanied by the desacralization of culture and the crisis of humanism. An awareness of the growing environmental, cultural, existential problems leads to the necessity to shift the vectors of scientific inquiry and technological development. In this process, the role and mission of the humanities is an articulation and promotion of human perspectives of science and technological progress. The humanities’ mission consists in attracting attention of scientists and society to humanizing technology and its aiming not only towards the growth of power over nature, but also to the making of a new relationship to the humans, to solving global problems.

Social Values and Politics: The Uninvited Guests

1968 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Strausz-Hupe
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
The Impact ◽  
As If

The workings of many factors have wrought political change the world over. Among these, the impact of scientific-technological development upon society has been the most powerful agent of political transformation. Obvious as this has been for a long time, the progress of science and technology continues to outpace political creativity by a broad margin. Increasingly, political institutions are being left to accommodate themselves to the accomplished fact of scientific-technological progress— or to lose their functional significance. The logic of the political which alone can devise and master the social order, has become subservient to the logic of the apolitical. It is as if our society insists upon giving to Karl Marx's crude hypothesis what our economic experience withheld; we are about to validate Marxist determinism by the failure of our political imagination rather than the failure of our economic system. It seems as if the contrivances of science and technology now tell us not only what we should do with them but also how to order our lives. If this appearance is not deceptive — and it is proposed here to show that it is not — political change will befall our society like a natural event beyond man's control. To foreclose a disastrous deterioration of the political order and hence the human condition, it will be necessary to develop an appropriate philosophy of political change and, in the light of such a philosophy, policies which govern the integration of scientific and technological progress — the making of our “tools” — into political development. Part of what follow will be devoted to showing why the political needs to remain primary in order to insure that political change will be beneficial change. At the threshold of political change must stand political will.

scholarly journals China, India, and the social construction of technology in international society: The English School meets Science and Technology Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 713-731
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Stroikos
Keyword(s):  
International Society ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Complex Dynamics ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Technology Studies ◽  
Politics Of Technology ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

AbstractIn recent years, there has been a growing scholarly interest in how International Relations theory can contribute to our understanding of the impact of technology on global politics, underpinned mainly by an engagement with Science and Technology Studies (STS). However, less attention has been paid to the ways in which international society shapes technology. Building on sociological and historical studies of science and technology, this article outlines one way through which international society has constituted technology by developing a synthetic account of the emergence of technological advancement as a ‘standard of civilisation’ in the nineteenth century that differentiated the ‘society of civilised states’ from non-European societies, with a particular focus on China and India. In doing so, this article also highlights how this process has had a powerful and enduring influence on Chinese and Indian conceptions about science and technology. Thus, by shifting the focus from how technology shapes global politics to how international society shapes technology, this article provides new insights into the relationship between technology, power, and modernity in an interdisciplinary context. It also offers a new way of thinking about the complex dynamics of today's global politics of technology.

Three Horsemen of the Markets

2019 ◽  
pp. 393-406
Author(s):  
Gönül Yüce Akıncı
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Geographically Weighted Regression ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Competitive Power ◽  
European Continent ◽  
Weighted Regression Analysis ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the impact of technologic improvement and financial development on competitive power in the 28 member countries of the European Union using panel geographically weighted regression analysis for the period of 2004-2016. The findings of the analysis, which show that increasing technological development accelerates the competitive power, support the Schumpeterian hypothesis, revealing that the impact of technology on competitiveness could accelerate with the contribution of the financial sector. In addition, findings reflecting the fact that the foreign trade which has been strengthened via technical development increases the competitive power show that the level of globalization has a contribution to this process, also. It has been observed that securing the property rights and applying the effective patent regimes leads to competitive advantage, and the economic integration process of the European continent has strengthened the competitive force.

scholarly journals Effect of Virtual Reality Technology on the Accomplishment of the Natural Self-Existing In Virtual Interior Space

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim ◽  
Zahra Mohamed Mosa
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Interior Space ◽  
The People ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

due to the major technological development happened in the last 20 years, technology had great role in changing the architectural constants and classifying its priorities. Many studies focused on technology notion and its application in architecture. But they did not focus on the rule of technology to realize Human reliance on internal and external spaces in which the people spend most of their time in.The information technology with its developments has great impact on actions & behaviors of human beings. Here the research idea in “Lack of sufficient scientific knowledge about the impact of technology of virtual reality to achieve the existential nature of the personality in virtual space. The search aimed to discuss "Clarifying the role of virtual reality technology to establish an internal virtual theoretical framework of space which seeks to achieve human existential lost in realistic space achieving the goal required having Comprehensive theoretical framework .This theoretical framework as a first stage of theoretical framework .The second stage of tries to clarify the main levels of the practical study to clarify truth fullness of indicators achieved through out:selecting items of theoretical framework. The final conclusions of the research which include theoretical framework conclusions, application results conclusions.

“They’ve damaged your uniqueness”: Technology as a Source of Dystopia in Caryl Churchill’s A Number

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (33) ◽  
pp. 677-692
Author(s):  
Maysoon Taher Muhi
Keyword(s):  
Technological Progress ◽  
Human Engineering ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Caryl Churchill ◽  
Desire To Have Children ◽  
Dramatic Characters ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Scientific Achievements

This study focuses on the impact of technology on creating a dystopian world as presented by the English playwright Caryl Churchill in her play A Number (2002). This dramatic work came as a reaction to the most crucial and valuable turning point in the scientific achievements of human engineering, namely, the cloning of the sheep called Dolly. Therefore, A Number is a play that presents an analytical stage for imagining the biotechnological and scientific future. This dramatic vignette captures the playwright’s fears towards the abnormal progress of technology and science and how far such technological progress affects human relationships and identity. It also portrays how technological progress results in the feeling of a lack of ‘uniqueness’ and potential psychological problems. It shows that biotechnological attempts at human cloning are the heights of science irresponsibility. Human beings desire to have children, but there are limits to this desire. It should not include whatever kind of technology is available to meet such desires. The playwright, through her dramatic characters Salter, B1, B2 and Michael Black, draws a ‘near’ futuristic world in which the misuse of technology raises ethical, scientific, medical and legal

scholarly journals Explore the Impact of Technology on Chinese Student Academic Misconduct

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Jian Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Academic Misconduct ◽  
Chinese Student ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Psychological Point ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article discusses the relationship between students' honest behavior and science and technology from the perspective of science and technology. In the era of advanced science and technology, what strategies should schools take to prevent students' academic integrity. According to what reasons students choose to achieve higher academic achievement through academic misconduct, different methods are proposed to prevent students from academic misconduct. From the psychological point of view of three ways, education policy and high-tech means will effectively prevent cheating, so as to create a fair and just education environment.

scholarly journals Effect of Virtual Reality Technology on the Accomplishment of the Natural Self-Existing In Virtual Interior Space

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim ◽  
Zahra Mohamed Mosa
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Interior Space ◽  
The People ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

due to the major technological development happened in the last 20 years, technology had great role in changing the architectural constants and classifying its priorities. Many studies focused on technology notion and its application in architecture. But they did not focus on the rule of technology to realize Human reliance on internal and external spaces in which the people spend most of their time in.The information technology with its developments has great impact on actions & behaviors of human beings. Here the research idea in “Lack of sufficient scientific knowledge about the impact of technology of virtual reality to achieve the existential nature of the personality in virtual space. The search aimed to discuss "Clarifying the role of virtual reality technology to establish an internal virtual theoretical framework of space which seeks to achieve human existential lost in realistic space achieving the goal required having Comprehensive theoretical framework .This theoretical framework as a first stage of theoretical framework .The second stage of tries to clarify the main levels of the practical study to clarify truth fullness of indicators achieved through out:selecting items of theoretical framework. The final conclusions of the research which include theoretical framework conclusions, application results conclusions.

scholarly journals PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DALAM MENGIMPLEMENTASIKAN NILAI PANCASILA UNTUK MENGHADAPI GLOBALISASI DAN ERA INDUSTRI 4.0

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-65
Author(s):  
Wicipto Setiadi ◽  
Iwan Joesoef Erar ◽  
Muhammad Helmi Fahrozi
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
The State ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Massive Scale ◽  
The Government ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

The impact of technology is very fast, in principle it can be a threat to Indonesian citizens, especially in some areas such as the capital lifting regions. This should be anticipated starting from the youth / I, to prevent the erosion of the values ​​of Pancasila, which is no longer disseminated on a massive scale by the government. Therefore, community service activities to promote the values ​​of Pancasila become important for legal academics so that every citizen continues to prioritize the values ​​of Pancasila in their daily lives. Community Empowerment and Outreach is carried out in Bekasi City, as a capital for the capital city which is the target of industrialization for technological development, so the need to face the threat of decreasing the understanding of state ideology and the state foundation becomes appropriate to be carried out in Bekasi City, the Community Service Team forms a community and several programs that sustainable so that in the life of the nation and state in the city of Bekasi, especially in North Bekasi Sub-district, Bahagia Sub-district, residents of the Bahagia Komlek and Barokah Complex RT 0 7 RW 07, can understand and continue to understand the values ​​of Pancasila as the ideology of the state and the basis of the state.

scholarly journals Social Classes of Intelligence, Economic Growth and Technological Achievement: Robust Regression and Outlier Detection

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nik Ahmad Sufian Burhan ◽  
Razli Che Razak ◽  
Saifuzzaman Ibrahim ◽  
Muhamad Rosli Selamat ◽  
Muhamad Ridhwan Rosli
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Robust Regression ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Ability Group ◽  
Average Ability ◽  
Academic Qualifications ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Technological Achievement

A previous study has shown that the intellectual class, which is represented by the 95th percentile intelligence quotient (IQ) at a normal distribution, displayed the strongest impact upon economic growth. Meanwhile, those with average ability (50th percentile IQ) exhibited the second strongest impact, and followed by the non-intellectual class (5th percentile IQ). In addition, the researchers discovered that only the intellectual class was significant for technological progress. As such, this article re-analysed the dataset employed in prior study via robust regression. As a result, after eliminating several outliers, the levels of IQ for the intellectual class and the average ability group displayed equal impacts on economic growth, and the impacts were larger than that of non-intellectual. Furthermore, the IQ of the average ability group was significant for technological achievement, although not as strong as the intellectual class. Besides, the number of professional researchers employed in the research and development (R&D) sector did not reflect similar paramount effects as the impact of the average ability IQ in generating technological development. Thus, based on the conclusions drawn, this study suggests that the R&D sector should employ professionals who possess not only high academic qualifications, but also exceptional levels of cognitive skills, especially to spark new innovations. JEL: J24, O31, O47, Z13

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