Sustainability of Technology Team 1 Who are we

Sustainability of Technology Team 1

Who are we? Hunter Bitzer Christian Family with two kids Keep contact with College and High School friends A Corvette Stingray A house on the beach Work as an engineer for Disney Play soccer recreationally

Who are we? Cont. Kriston Ramdass I am generally a calm and relaxed person; also Christian Born in Trinidad & Tobago; Lived in Upper Darby PA I am studying to become an Aerospace Engineer I would love to get the new 2017 Chevrolet Camaro I hope to move south to Florida and work in a warmer climate after college I would like to travel around the world when I retire

Who are we? Cont. Katelyn Cortes ● a) Look at things positively and have fun with everything I do ● b) Have my own family while staying in touch with relatives and have close friend group ● c) Make enough money to support my family and live comfortable with a nice house and car ● d) I would like to have a job in the medical field and work in a hospital ● e) Travel around the world and see different cultures and environments ● f) Not that interested in politics but I will still vote and be aware of whats going on in the world

Who are we? Cont. Yifan Xu Personal/state of mind/spiritual expectations - Have a peaceful life and always be a good person. Social life: immediate circle of friends/family - Wants true friends and a small happiness family. Material life - Live in a big house, have a nice car. Work/occupation - Become a famous engineer and work for a big company. Recreation/avocation - Play video games with friend, vocation in foreign country

Impact of Technology on Human Interactions Face to Face interactions rarely occur Less interaction with people that could be valuable Often strives for quantity not quality in social media New form of bullying adapted Increase in stress levels due to social media Loss of social skills Distribution of birthday wishes as of 2012

Impact of Technology: Limited Resources Over the past centuries, as we further advanced in technology, the number of global issues increased dramatically: ● Climate change: Global Warming ● Ozone Depletion ● Exhaustion of natural resources - Coal, Silver, Gold, natural gasses ● Pollution

Limited Resources Cont. With the advancement in technology comes the mass production of factories and workshops made to create the products At the moment, we are “using resources and creating CO 2 emissions at a rate 44 percent faster than what nature can regenerate and absorb” Phys. org One cell phone alone uses an abundance of rare earth elements, and if billions of new phones are created yearly, then our resources will be depleted within the next century.

Impact of Technology on jobs. Loss of jobs “rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them”-Brynjolfsson and Mc. Afee Workers unable to adjust the speed of the development of technology No more chess player because computers can easily beat human chess players. ● One day in the future, no human beings are to work. Noneeded more low skill jobs. Impact of technology will improve the difficulty for me to find a nice job.

Sources / Links https: //thebottomline. as. ucsb. edu/2012/01/technology-is-destroying-the-quality-of-human-interaction -human interaction http: //cyberbullying. org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cyberbullying-gender-20151. jpg -cyber bullying http: //thoughtcatalog. com/jessica-serra/2014/09/social-media-is-destroying-quality-human-interaction/ -social media http: //www. ifridge. com/files/cache/birthday_stats-w 510 -h 307 -thumbnail. png -birthday wishes http: //phys. org/news/2009 -11 -mankind-earth-resources-alarming. html -Natural Resources https: //www. technologyreview. com/s/515926/how-technology-is-destroying-jobs/ - David Rotman https: //www. weforum. org/agenda/2012/10/king-ludd-is-still-dead/ - Kenneth Rogoff http: //www. billfoster. com/media/uploads/Manufacturing. Job. Loss-2001 -2009. PNG -Job Loss 2001 -2009 http: //williamxuscience 7. weebly. com/uploads/1/3/9/6/13961220/220923. jpeg? 451 -Resource Chart