Metacognitive Reading Report

Trainee: Laforteza, John Vincent B. Date: 03/14/2020

Science, Technology and Society/
Agham, Teknolohiya at Lipunan

The Question Concerning Technology

Topic/Lesson

1. Difficult Concepts (What concepts did you find difficult to understand?)

i. I find it difficult to understand the statement that “technology is not equivalent to the essence
of technology”
ii. Technology itself is contrivance
iii. But not only that by means of which something else is effected is a cause.

2. Insights (What new insights or learnings did you gain in discussion/ activity?)

i. Before reading the article/understanding the lesson, I thought technology is just a tool that
makes our lives more convenient.
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However, reading the article/understanding the lesson, I now think/realize that technology
can also negatively affect us by depending it too much and improper use of technology

ii. Before reading the article/understanding the lesson, I thought technology can only be seen in
smartphones and etc. However, reading the article/understanding the lesson, I now
think/realize that everywhere and everything has a technology in it, making us too dependent
to technology.

iii. Before reading the article/understanding the lesson, I thought technology was created for
people to lessen their work load. However, reading the article/understanding the lesson, I now
think/realize that technology can also be the end of us due to irresponsible use.
3. Questions (What questions would you want answers for? Or vague areas you want more
explanations about?
i. Since man is dependent to technology can we conclude that man himself is a technology?
ii. Is there a possibility that technology can lead to the downfall of humanity?
iii. What is the real essence of technology?