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The Effects of Technology. The Good and the Bad. To every decision, there are both. Good. Consequences. Pollution. A Growing Problem. With the rise of Industrialization and machinery, there has been a distinct rise in various types of pollution. Air Water Ground Noise. Air Pollution.
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The Effects of Technology The Good and the Bad
A Growing Problem • With the rise of Industrialization and machinery, there has been a distinct rise in various types of pollution. • Air • Water • Ground • Noise
Air Pollution • A larger issue in “developing” countries than “developed” countries. • A result of industrialization, the CO2 builds up in the atmosphere causing breathing problems for children and the elderly. • Smog
Cairo, Egypt: • Breathing the air in Cairo is the equivalent of smoking 20 cigarettes per day.
Los Angeles: - Studies show that living in L.A. doubles a child’s chance of developing cancer at a later stage in life.
Delhi: - In a survey of almost 12,000 city schoolchildren late last year, 17 percent reported coughing, wheezing or breathlessness, compared to just eight percent of children in a rural area.
Tokyo: - As soon as 1946, pollution reached a point in Tokyo, a new form of asthma was declared – Tokyo/Yokohama asthma.
Global Warming • Popular belief that the increased amounts of CO2 leads to the entrapment of solar heat in the atmosphere causing a slow but perpetual increase in global temperatures. • Global Warming
Water Pollution • A result of overpopulation and industrial waste, water pollution rages across industrializing nations.
Ground Pollution • Often termed littering on a small scale, ground pollution plagues industrialized countries who have moved towards a disposable society
Noise Pollution • “unwanted or disturbing sound” • Problems related to noise include stress related illnesses, high blood pressure, speech interference, hearing loss, sleep disruption, and lost productivity
What is it? • Nuclear proliferation is the increasing worldwide availability of nuclear weapons, nuclear knowledge, and nuclear materials such as enriched uranium or plutonium.
Why is it bad? • On a global scale it is easy to control the use of nuclear weapons by stable nations. • Not the same for radical or terrorist organizations.
What is it? • The belief that those without want what they do not have. • For example. Who wants a Twix?
Poverty • Almost half the world — over three billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day. • But as an industrialized nation, we measure poverty in: • “What kind of phone do you have?” • “What type of car do you have?” • “How big is your tv?”
The Rise of Obesity • With the emergence of technology, industrialized nations have seen a dramatic increase in national levels of obesity
Reliance • How long have you gone without using your phone?
1800 • Life expectancy in industrialized countries has risen almost 30 years since 1800 • Infant mortality has decreased from 120 deaths per thousand to roughly 20 deaths per thousand
Why? • Development of antibiotics, medicine, medical technology • Penicillin • Aspirin
