Evoluation and Technology in Different Cultures

Evolution and Technology

Technology is a vital part of what it means to be human. Anthropologists have found that Homo sapiens are one of the earliest to rely on technology. This is because unlike other animals, humans were not covered in scales nor did they have wings or gills. (Hjorth 64) “The nature of our evolution has been external to our bodies.” (Hjorth 64) Throughout centuries humans have created technology to help them survive and evolve instead of doing so through mutation. Instead of growing wings we developed planes, instead of developing eyes of a hawk, we developed binoculars and telescopes. (Hjorth 64)

In a matter of generations rather then millennia, a new technological device can come into general use by everyone who sees it. An example that supports Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution of “survival of the fittest” is the bow and arrow. “The bow and arrow offers a very great advantage to those who have it; everyone either perishes or soon learns to use the new technology. There is little time for experimentation and testing.” (Hjorth 65)

“Essentially, technology is a means of manipulating natural laws to our benefit by constructing objects that increase our efficiency and reduce waste in our lives.” (Hjorth 65) When we create technology it will either work or it will not and if it does not, humans have the ability to fix what is broken in order to meet our needs. Where as evolution of animals and plants is much more difficult because if mutation is done wrong, the process to reverse it takes hundreds of thousands of years. Striving towards a better way of living has driven human evolution. (Hjorth 65)

Technology in Different Cultures

First-world countries have access to many different types of technology at ...

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...eans to use or purchase technologies. (Bridging) “Women are estimated to be just 25% or less of Internet users in Africa, 22% in Asia, 38% in Latin America and a mere 6% in the Middle East.” (Bridging)

When it comes to woman and technology the target that companies use to draw woman in is a pink colored gadget. Company’s think that if you put pink onto any device, woman will be drawn to it. The ePad femme is very controversial because it is pink and comes with pre-loaded apps for cooking, and yoga, stereotyping and disregarding woman’s thought on this tablet. Technology is just another part of society encouraging stereotypes and gender roles. There are websites and apps exploiting women and videos made specifically for women. Gender roles should not be distinguished via stereotypes but through each individual and the way they see themselves in society. (McEntegart)