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Home > On Route to an E-Society:Human Dependence on Technology and Adaptation Needs

Contributor [1]
Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 03:00
Categories: 
Internet & technology [2]
Issue Number: 
154 [3]
Article-Summary: 

For years on end technology has been taking the world by surprise. The very things that are now operating machines, controlling nuclear power plants, assembling cars and running entire factories are the ones to have brought about an industrial revolution, an economic change and most importantly a social transformation. Information technology is no exception. Its evolution, advancement and results continue to spread at a record pace. Yet the integration of such technology into human social liv...read more [4]

For years on end technology has been taking the world by surprise. The very things that are now operating machines, controlling nuclear power plants, assembling cars and running entire factories are the ones to have brought about an industrial revolution, an economic change and most importantly a social transformation. Information technology is no exception. Its evolution, advancement and results continue to spread at a record pace. Yet the integration of such technology into human social lives remains questionable. This paper aims to address the issue of the growth of human reliance on information technology and the arguments in favour of technology-human adaptation.

Category: 
ICT, Media & Security [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/internet/21735 [6]

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