Week 11

The eleventh session continued with the prospects of the seeds of the future as we explored on the assessment of technology and forecasting-developing a framework for what would be coming next with the use of technology. Like what Prof said in class, we have to be aware of the future and be prepared or equipped for it. This way we will be able to create a direction for a planned journey and develop ways in which such goals can be reached, while calculating and estimating what it takes for people to improve and the ways in which we can.

One interesting thing in the lesson was on the topic of futurology. Futurologists try to predict and in vent the future by looking at the possible scenerios and the possible viewpoints of the future. As such, we can postulate future problems or events that might occur for example, a farmer may be more prepared of droughts and elements that he may be susceptible to and subsequently adopt certain measures for the future. However, as what prof mentioned in class about something regarding ‘wildcard’ and indeed, similarly I feel just as the nature of our world is, that it is highly uncertain and inconsistent, we can only hope to move into something that is a better and improved assessment of the future.

And today we also looked at the potential problems or the effects that might emerge as a result of technology as Hannah presented on eTA, the ethics of technology assessment. I feel that there is a need for us to look into such areas not only because most of the technology developers technically lack of awareness with regard to the ethical issues. But I think there them being technology developers should be the ones that take into serious consideration their technologies can affect people. They are technically the ones with the power, control and influence especially in the sector of technology and they should hold a balance if not, I think it is possible to say that it might cause a bigger problem than solve any issues with the technology invented.

All in all, I think that the past lessons together with today’s lesson summed up and gave me a deeper insight into what technology is about as we talked and discussed about a variety of issues such as agricultural, information technology, past, present, adaptation and into the future. Overall I do feel that I have actually gained much insights with regard to how technology and its effect on the world and how the world has evolved from the past.
I give this lesson an 8 out of 10 because I think it gives us a fuller summarised end as we explore the effects into the future.