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Module 2 Science, Technology, and Society and The: Topic No.1 Technology As A Way of Revealing
Module 2 Science, Technology, and Society and The: Topic No.1 Technology As A Way of Revealing
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Differentiate the essence of technology and modern technology;
2. discuss and illustrate the dangers of modern technology; and
3. explain why art is the saving power of modern technology.
HUMAN CONDITION
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Rise and depletion of petroleum as a reveal nature carries with it the danger of
strategic resource misconstruction or misinterpretation.
Introduction and use of synthetic
THE DANGERS OF TECHNOLOGY
dyes, artificial flavorings, and toxic
materials into the consumer stream Lie on how humans let themselves be
that bring about adverse effects on consumed by it. The responsibility of
human health. humans is to recognize how they become
Use of ripening agents in agriculture instruments of technology.
that poses threats to food safety and According to Paulo Coelho, it is boastful
health security. for humans to think that nature needs to
be saved, whereas Mother Nature would
ENFRAMING AS MODERN
remain even if human cease to exist.
TECHNOLOGY’S WAY OF
As a mere tenant on Earth, people must
REVEALING
not allow themselves to be consumed by
Heidegger distinguished the way of technology lest they lose the essence of
revealing of modern technology by who they are as human beings. In this
considering it as a process of sense, humans are in danger of
enframing. becoming merely part of the standing
Enframing, according to Heidegger, reserve or, alternatively, may find
is akin to two ways: themselves in nature.
1. CALCULATIVE THINKING- Recognizing the dangers of technology
humans desire to put an order to requires critical and reflective thinking on
nature to better understand and it use. For instance,
control it. Social media has indeed connected
- tends to be more commonly utilized, people in the most efficient and
primarily because humans’ desire to convenient way imaginable, but it also
control due to their fear of irregularity. inadvertently gave rise to issues such
- Calculative thinking is the more as invasion of privacy, online
technical kind of human thought, in disinhibition, and proliferation of fake
which people gather information and news.
put it together in order to put it to
ART AS THE SAVING POWER
some specific use.
2. MEDITATIVE THINKING- humans Necessary reflection upon and
allow nature to reveal itself to them confrontation with technology are
without the use of force or violence. required in order to proactively address
the dangers of technology.
Enframing, is a way of ordering (or “But where danger is, grows the saving
framing) nature to better manipulate it. power also” – Friedrich Holderlin (1977,
Enframing happens because of how p.14)
humans desire for security, even it pulls all Heidegger proposed art as the saving
of nature as a standing reserve and an power and the way out enframing: “and
instrument of technology, to be exploited in art was simply called techne. It was a
the ordering of nature. single, manifold revealing” (1977, p.18)
The role of humans take as instruments of
technology through enframing is called Art encourages human to think less from
destining. calculative standpoint where nature is viewed
In destining, humans are challenged forth as an ordered system. Instead, it inspires
by enframing to reveal what is real. meditative thinking where nature is seen an art
and that without any force and violence.
However, this destining of humans to
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