About Advanced Technology

Introduction

Since advanced technology is one of the most influential facets of today’s culture, there is a need for further research on the topic. Because of their appreciation of the fact that technology is at the heart of civilization, numerous factions such as sociologists, policymakers, educators, and industrialists have shown a strong willingness to recognize the situation. Via its enhancement of the economy and socioeconomic principles, modern technology continues to play a critical role in the growth of society. Thus, advanced technology plays an important role in a culture that goes beyond its use as a communication method. The paper thus intends to discuss the role of advanced technology in either providing assistance or hindering individuals in either the near or the distant future.

Technological Advancements and their Significance

The technological advancements tend to exhibit significance at the time of the different ages in the diverse societies both psychologically and practically in the various modern societies. For instance, the youth of the present tend to exhibit high levels of empathy attributable to the digital age. On the other hand, there is the necessity for noting that the direct involvement of the various sectors of the community with the comprehension and experience of the relevance of the latest technological inventions. The present information age is characterized by disembarking whereby the older persons exhibiting their reluctance on using the computers have their lives shaped by the use of computers by others and could go further to accept the basic mobile phones on their consideration as seemingly glamorous accessories. The increased level of consideration of globalization as a significant factor across the various nations tends to play a crucial role in ensuring the competency of the technological advancement. The skill plays a significant role in ensuring consideration of technology as an essential tool for the economic success and thriving of the society through its role in ensuring effectiveness in some of the aspects of the economy that include education, industrialization, agriculture, and employment.

Significance of Advancing Technology to the society

The young generation in the contemporary society tends to focus on the transformation of the present society towards making it both better and comfortable place to live in. The youth tend to concentrate on contributing to economic reforms, peace, improvement of the delivery of the public service and numerous other aspects of the society. The youth, therefore, tend to focus on the development of some of the fundamental ways that contribute to the preferential changes crucial for the present society through advancing technology.

Effects of Advancing Technology on Society

However, there is the necessity for noting that the youths do not intend on making massive changes to the view regarding the world that they live in or ensuring split from the societal norms. The activities of the youth, however, tend to arise by their belief that the advancement of communication through technological means plays a crucial role in facilitating the social changes in the way that was not evident in the previous generations. The present society base the belief in the advancement of technology in the fact that there is an adequate opportunity provided by the available resources for ensuring authentic learning from various individuals. Furthermore, the ability to adopt the real-time systems of conversation and visualization of the other cultures besides the increase in social equality across the globe tends to indicate the potential of advancing technology in improving the status of the society. Advancing technology tends to play a crucial role in allowing for commentary on situations as they develop rather than on the perspective of the written media.

Impact of Unfettered Access to Opinions

There is the necessity for the determination of the extent to which the unfettered access to the opinions of others tends to shape the status of the world. The extensive social effects that include both of the pessimistic and optimistic nature tend to play a critical role in influencing the world and some of the decisions made by individuals. The advancement of technology is significantly attributable to the extensive sharing of the opinion, propaganda, reportage, and counter-opinions that to some extent has resulted in the emergence of conflicts in the various states. Shugan (469), in his study tends to criticize the technological determinism through the development of a theory to facilitate the comprehension of an argument that he presents. He argues that the technological evolution that is considerably dynamic experiences high levels of manipulation and mediation by the entire society.

Role of Advancing Technology in Daily Life

The scholar further argues that the results of the maneuvers entail stifling of a particular technology that contributes to the acceptance by the community of some of the aspects that it regards useful. For instance, some of the advanced technological devices that include the mouse, operating systems, mobile phones, and computers tend to play a crucial role in simplifying the efforts required by the members of society in performing some of the fundamental tasks. As such, some homesteads in the present society possess some of these crucial devices associated with the simplification of the tasks that individuals need to undertake (Bybee and Susan, 31). Furthermore, advancing technology ensures the development of patience as some people exhibit the fact that adverse impacts of waiting can be eliminated through exploiting some of the devices associated with technological advancement that includes mobile phones.

Advancing Technology and Globalization

Additionally, advancing technology ensures a guarantee of the improvement in the state of life in the future through facilitating the concept of globalization. The idea of globalization plays a crucial role in allowing for the world and various nations to feel closer. Furthermore, globalization is attributable to the unification from the global economy and the development of seemingly independent systems. As such, technological advancement is essential in facilitating the quick sharing of information in efficient ways. Besides facilitating the exchange of information, advancing technology promotes globalization through the elimination of some of the adverse effects of the linguistic and geographic boundaries. Herring (14), in his study, asserts that some of the aspects of globalization that include stock markets, economic infrastructure, and the global news form a significant aspect of the advanced technology that the society depends on heavily. Furthermore, the internet connections that form a huge step in the advancement of technology play a crucial role in promoting globalization through facilitating information sharing. Advancing technology is attributable to the significant reduction of the costs associated with instantaneous communication over decades hence resulting in significant expansion of its potential. The expansive nature of the possibilities of advancing technology about internet connection plays a crucial role in facilitating the development of the economies of the various nations.

Challenges and Limitations of Advancing Technology

Besides the presence of some positive attributes associated with advancing technology, to some extent, it hinders the activities of individuals in some ways. The similarities of the lifestyles attributable to the homogeneous nature of the communication channels tend to pose deleterious effects on people. Before the emergence of television, film, and the internet, individuals had diverse traditions and cultures reflected in their lifestyles that include the way they dress or design buildings. However, the emergence of technological advancements resulted in individuals embracing conformity whereby people tend to exhibit a preference for building similar models of houses and wearing the same fashion. The new and modern technology presents excellence in numerous ways. However, there is the absence of knowledge regarding the psychological, physiological, and philosophical effects of advancing technology. Some of these effects mainly occur during the use of the various platforms whose development is attributable to the advancement of technology that includes SMS texts, internet chat, and computer use that forms a crucial part of the lives of the youth in the present society (Weaver, 28). Furthermore, there are debates on the role of some devices in the development of brain tumors with the addition to the various devices necessitating concern amongst the members of society. The majority of the issues associated with the advancement of technology remain unsolved while there is an absence of a guarantee of eventual resolution of these matters shortly.

Conclusion

In conclusion, technological advancement is amongst the mediating factors in the behavior of individuals and social change that tend to experience significant effects of other phenomena. Advancing technology assures of effectiveness in the betterment of the lives of individuals through facilitating the achievement of the life objectives of individuals that include social interaction, manufacturing, and education. However, the assessment of the extent to which the technological advancement is likely to affect the lives of people in the future presents challenges. As evident in the discussion, advancing technologies assure of different effects that include hindrance and assistance of individuals in some of the tasks that facilitate the smooth operation of the society.

Works Cited

Bybee, Rodger W. and Susan Loucks-Horsley. “Advancing Technology Education: The Role of Professional Development.” Technology Teacher, vol. 60, no. 2, Oct. 2000, p. 31. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tfh&AN=5840596&site=ehost-live.

Herring, Daniel H. “Advancing Technology through Innovation.” Industrial Heating, Nov. 2016, pp. 14-16. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=119101251&site=ehost-live.

Shugan, Steven M. “The Impact of Advancing Technology on Marketing and Academic Research.” Marketing Science, vol. 23, no. 4, Fall2004, pp. 469-475. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1287/mksc.1040.0096.

Weaver, Russell L. “Free Speech, Crime, and the Challenge of Advancing Technology.” International Review of Law, Computers & Technology, vol. 14, no. 1, Mar. 2000, pp. 25-32. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/13600860054863.