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TECHNOLOGY

Technology is a set of technical, scientifically arranged, that allow you to design and create goods and services that facilitate adaptation to the environment and meet the essential needs as both the wishes of the people. Technological activity affects the social and economic progress, but its commercial makes is more oriented to satisfy the desires of the more prosperous than the basic needs, which also tends to make an unsustainable use of the environment.

-The technology can also be used to protect the environment and prevent the degradation of materials and energy resources of the planet or increase social inequalities.

-It use to covert basic needs (food, clothing, shelter, personal protection, social relationship, understanding the natural and social world), it is use to give pleasures for body and beauty (sports, music, in all its forms) and as a way to satisfy desires.

-Less time our work.

-Easier communication.

-Addiction.

-Low security.

The technology can provide us greater affordability, its better use depends of the time we spend every day with it and the importance that we give it, so we can see that technology undergoes changes assigned by man, and it is used and renewed according to our needs.

Valentina Betancourt D.