Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Technology, throughout history, has allowed people to complete more tasks in less time and with less human intellectual or manual labour. Many herald this as a way of making life easier. However, work has continued to be proportional to the amount of energy expended, rather than the quantitiative amount of information or material processed. Technology has had profound effects on lifestyle throughout human history, and as the rate of progress increases, society must deal with both the good and bad implications. In many ways, technology improves life.
The rise of a leisure class A more informed society can make quicker responses to events and trends Sets the stage for more complex learning tasks Increases multi-tasking Global Networking Creates denser social circles Cheap price In other ways, technology complicates life.
Sweatshops and harsher forms of slavery are more likely to be found in technologically advanced societies, relative to primitive societies. The increasing oppression of technologically advanced societies over those which are not. More people are starving now, in this most technologically advanced age, than at any point in history or pre-history. The increase in transportation technology has brought congestion in some areas. Technicism New forms of danger existing as a consequence of new forms of technology, new types of nuclear reactors, unforeseen genetic mutations as the result of genetic engineering, or perhaps something more subtle which destroys the ozone or warms the planet. New forms of entertainment, such as video games and internet access could have possible social effects on areas such as academic performance. Creates new diseases and disorders such as obesity, laziness and a loss of personality. This section is a stub. You can help by expanding it.