The document discusses the evolution of technology and its impact on the human condition from the pre-common era to the present. It highlights the changes brought by technological advancements in various ages, the rise of economy, and the ongoing environmental challenges due to human activities. Additionally, it reflects on the dual nature of technology as both a tool for improvement and a source of potential peril for humanity's moral compass.

1. TECHNOLOGY AS A
WAY OF REVEALING

2. PAST TO PRESENT

3. PAST TO PRESENT

4. PAST TO PRESENT

5. PRESENT to FUTURE
The term “generation gap” is attributed mainly
to the changes brought by technology.
These changes were brought about by the
interplay of different factors but essentially, it
was brought about by science and technology.

6. TWO TIMELINES IN HISTORY
BCE CE
2000 BC = 2000
BCE
2000 CE = AD
2000
2000 BC = 2000 BCE = 3950 BP ≈
4000 BP
2000 CE = AD 2000 = -50 BP ≈ -100
BP

7. Human Condition
Before Common Era (BCE)

8. The Human Condition
Before Common Era (BCE)
 Our early ancestors’ primal need to survive paved way for the
invention of several developments. Difficult but in a remarkably
distinct way

9. The Human Condition
Before Common Era (BCE)
Homo erectus Homo sapiens
• “upright man”
• Lived: Between about 1.89
million and 143,000 years ago
• Used fire to cook
• “wise man”
• Lived: From Paleolithic Age
(Stone Age) About 200,000
years ago
• Used stone as simple machine

10. The Ages
Before Common Era (BCE)
1. Stone Age
• Palaeolithic (old stone age)- first use of stone tools
 c. 2.8 million BP – 12,800 BCE
• Mesolithic (middle stone age) - development of technology
 c. 12,500 – 9,500 BCE
• Neolithic (new stone age) – technological and social
development; Homo sapiens sapiens emerged
 c. 9,400 – 7,000 BCE
• Chalcolithic (copper age) – transitional period where copper
metallurgy appeared alongside use of stone tools
 c. 3,700 – 3,000 BCE
2. Bronze Age
 c. 2,000 – varies in every region
3. Iron Age
 varies in every region

11. Technology in the Stone
Age

12. Technology in the Stone
Age
The Wheel
• used to move
more quickly
through the use
of chariots and
other wheeled
vehicles

13. Technology in the Stone
Age
Flint knapping
• Used to shape
stones for the
creation of tools
• Created by
chipping the stone
away to create an
edge

14. Technology in the Stone
Age
Fire
• Continued using
fire for to control
their environment,
socialization, and
cooking.
• Also used fire for
hunting to scare
animals toward kill
sites.

15. Technology in the Stone
Age
Bow and Arrow
• Allowed humans
to kill their target
from longer
ranges, helping to
keep them safe.

16. Technology in the Stone
Age
Petroglyphs from around the world depict early use of weapons.
Cave art in Spain and France - dating from 10,000 to 5,000 BC -
show men fighting with bow and arrow
Bow and Arrow

17. VENUS FIGURE
• Depicts a rudimentary carving of a
voluptuous woman out of ivory or stone
during the paleolithic period.

18. Technology in the Metal Age

19. Technology in the
Metal Age: Bronze and Iron Age
Weaponry
• Allowed cities to
achieve more
successful warfare
and defense
• More efficient
unlike Neolithic
Age

20. Technology in the
Metal Age: Bronze and Iron Age
Tools
• Used to prepare,
contain, cut, and
cook foods
• Also used as
personal grooming
tool

21. Technology in the
Metal Age: Bronze and Iron Age
Clothing
• Used fur and
animal skin for
comfort against
harsh winds and
environmental
conditions.

22. Technology in the
Metal Age: Bronze and Iron Age
Chariot
• Supreme military
weapon primarily
used in battles.
• Two standing
persons, a driver
and a fighter using
bow-arrows or
javelin

23. Technology in the
Metal Age: Bronze and Iron Age
Chariots and horse skeletons found in China which the
archaeologists believe the tomb was dug as part of the funeral rites
of a minister or other nobleman during the Eastern Zhou dynasty
period,
Chariot

24. Technology
Before Common Era vs Common Era
CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES
Egyptian pyramids Eiffel tower in Paris

25. Technology
Before Common Era VS Common Era
WATER TRANSPORTATION MODES
Egyptian depiction Titanic ship circa 1912

26. Technology
Before Common Era VS Common Era
WAY OF COOKING
Igniting two stones to produce fire Cooking food using microwave

27. Technology
Before Common Era VS Common Era
AGRICULTURE
Egyptian depiction of Agriculture Modern Tool for Agriculture

28. Human Condition in the
Common Era (CE)

29. The Human Condition in the
Common Era (CE)
HOLOCENE EXTINCTION Also called
Anthropocene
extinction, or “Sixth
extinction”
100,000-200,000 years
up to present
Pertains to the
ongoing extinction of
several species-both
flora and fauna- due
to human activity.

30. EXTINCTION
The elimination of a species from Earth.

31. The Sixth Extinction:
Holocene Extinction
• 1.5 million species have already been
discovered on Earth to date.
• Actual amount of species is estimated between
10 and 100 million, that we don’t know of.
• Approx. 150-270 species are erased from
existence everyday, including today.
• If we keep up what we’re doing now (pollution,
deforestation), it will lead to the extinction of
half of all plant and animal species by year
2100.

32. HOLOCENE EXTINCTION

33. Causes of Holocene Extinction
1. Primal need to survive

34. Causes of Holocene Extinction
2. Growing population
- More demand, less supply

35. Causes of Holocene Extinction
3. Formation of Community
- Habitat destruction & Urbanization

36. Causes of Holocene Extinction
4. Illegal Wildlife Trade/
Overexploitation

37. Causes of Holocene Extinction
5. Global Warming and Pollution

38. The Rise of Economy
• People had a new objective– gather as much
as possible.
• “those who have many, live comfortably”.
• A self-sufficient community has to
accommodate their depleting resources,
leading them to be reliant to other
communities’ products
• Humanity’s primary goal was changed; from
surviving to live a good life

39. Advent of Technology
Advancements in medicine, technology, health,
and education.
1. Mortality rate
• Due to technology,
lesser women and
children die during
birth.
• Advance medical
care for premature
infants.

40. Advent of Technology
2. Average Lifespan
• Science has able
to prolong lives by
enhancing living
status
• Distribution of
remedies &
medicine is more
easier

41. Advent of Technology
3. Literacy rate
• Access to
education to
more individuals
has made
easier.

42. Advent of Technology
4. Gross domestic
product
• Higher country
income is
brought by high
productivity,
which indicates
the presence of
technology

43. The Essence of Technology

44. The Essence of Technology
 Good Life
 Achieve growth

45. ESSENCE VS PURPOSE
• He states that
“essence” and
“purpose” differs.
Martin
Heidegger

46. ESSENCE VS PURPOSE
• A means to achieve man’s end.
• It constitutes human activity, each
period reveals a particular character
regarding man’s being.

47. TECHNOLOGICAL REVELATION
One of the many ways to
perceive the world. Because of
the technology, we view the
world as a field of resource.

49. TECHNOLOGICAL REVELATION
NATURE
• Renewable and
Non-renewable
HUMANS
• are reduced into
the amount of
productivity they
are able to render
during their
lifetime

50. GOOD LIFE
 Is one which is practical in
essence; a life which makes use of
our labor and which we get paid
fairly

51. SCIENCES
 Ultimately, technology aided the
human being in revealing the truth.

52. DANGER!
Because humans rely too much on
technology, they lost sight of things
that matter, reducing nature to their
economic value.
!

53. Backtracking the Human Condition

54. Because of TECHNOLOGY
 Human condition improved
Improvement was measured by:
 level of comfort
 various scientific breakthroughs
 improved lifestyles (luxury)

55. DIFFERENT MACHINERIES AID
 Honing efficiency in industrial
workplaces
 Assisting those with
disabilities
 Exploring the universe places we can
thrive

56. Things did not really much differ from before until the present
Some
places in
the
world
are still
battling
for
survival
competition
s on
resources
diseases
and tribe
wars
lack of
habitable
territories
People still wage wars on the basis of races, belief, and
abundance of resources and territory

57. Pandemic diseases
Lack of resources Lack of habitable territories
Wars

59. RELIGION OR SCIENCE
RELIGION SCIENCE
 A lot of people still
subscribe to religion in
explaining the things that
they do not know
 Most of the people
especially today depend
on the scientific
explanation of things that
they do not know

60. RELIGION OR SCIENCE

61. People are still trying to discover
and rediscover things that would
give meaning to their lives
Whether it be:
 Honor
 Strength
 Merit
Technology does little aid them
in their pursuit of life’s meaning

62. Technological advancements
 seemingly occurring in a rapid
pace that our morality cannot quite
keep up
 it offered us one compelling notion
of the truth and the good

63. The End!