Technological progress has both positive and negative impacts on individualism according to the document. It makes things easier and faster but also causes problems like environmental pollution, oversimplified social processes, and privacy issues. The document discusses how an emphasis on individual interests over collective ones and only thinking about oneself can negatively impact human relationships. It also notes that while the internet and social networks spread information, they also pose privacy risks as personal information may not be secure online. The document questions whether recent trends represent progress or regress and acknowledges that technological discoveries provide both benefits and drawbacks that have changed life on Earth.

1. TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
AND INDIVIDUALISM

2. ¿POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE?
COMPARISON Mr. HydeDr Jekyll
• Easier and faster
way to do things;
• Important
discoveries in
many fields
(scientific, medical,
architectural…);
• Better health
conditions;
• Easier way to
spread the culture;
• Heavy
environmental
pollution;
• Semplified social
processes;
• Privacy problems;
• Wars;

3. PHILOSOPHY AND THE
INDIVIDUALISM
John Stuart Mill and
English utilitarianism
Exalts individual freedom and
refuses any absolutism
Reflects on today’s society.
Think only about yourself and not
recognize equality with others
Make individual interests prevail over
collective ones.
Negative effects on human
relationships

4. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
PRIVACY
Security of personal informations on
internet
But many cases linked to social
networks make us understand that
our informations are not safe
Data should be protected according
with legislation and security measures
This could mean that we are
controlled and could be
dangerous for our lives
This situation can be related with
George Orwell’s book 1984

5. ¿PROGRESS OR REGRESS?
I’m personally in favour of the
progress of the knowledge
I disagree with the use of these
discoveries and inventions
It brings more informations
about universe, man and life
Both positive and negative
feedback that changed earth and
nature, our home