What is Technology?

1. What I think technology is

2. Phone

3. Arthur, W. B. (2011). The Nature of Technology: What it Is and How it Evolves. Free Press. Hughes, T. P. (1989). American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970 2nd Edition. New York: Penguin Books. nusys. (2019, Nov 14). What is Technology. Retrieved from Youtube: What is Technology SMARTEduEMEA. (2011, Oct 3). The history of technology in education. Retrieved from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFwWWsz_X9s&ab_channel=SMARTEduEMEA

4. “Technology is the effort to organize the world for problem solving so that goods and services can be invented, developed, produced, and used.” (p. 6, 2004 ed., emphasis in original.)

5. Definitions of technology

5.1. There are many different ways to define technology but here is my favourite one

6. The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves by W. Brian Arthur

7. “The first and most basic one is a technology is a means to fulfill a human purpose. … As a means, a technology may be a method or process or device… Or it may be complicated… Or it may be material… Or it may be nonmaterial. Whichever it is, it is always a means to carry out a human purpose.” Arthur, W. B. (2011).

8. “I will also allow a third meaning. This technology as the entire collection of devices and engineering practices available to a culture.” (p. 28, emphasis in original.) Arthur, W. B. (2011).

9. In conclusion

9.1. There are multiple ways to define technology but in our minds we all have our own ways to define it. Technology has been around way past our era and comes in many different shapes and forms. Us humans are still gathering resources to evolve the way technology is growing. Back when I was a kid, I would've never imagined how cellphones are your everyday addiction. It was playing outside until the night falls but now a days, it's stay inside play on your computer or phone. I'm excited to see where technology grows in the future and happy I'm apart of this era of growth.