Carandang, Camille Joyce T.

October 01, 2020

BSCE 211 Science Technology & Society

Activity 2.1

1. What do you think constitutes human flourishing?

First and foremost, according to my research flourishing is a state where people
experience positive emotions, positive psychological functioning and positive social
functioning. Most of the time, living "within an optimal range of human
functioning." Thus it is a headline and measure of positive mental health and overall
life well-being, and includes multiple components and concepts, such as
cultivating strengths, subjective well-being, "goodness, generatively, growth, and
resilience. Well for me human flourishing means different things to different people.
In general, it refers to the self-improvement of your skills,
knowledge, personal qualities, goals and how you view life depends in your insights.
Well I think what constitutes human flourishing is motivation, the desire to improve,
and the willingness to strive to make changes. Your urge to get out of your comfort
zone. Sometimes, do things that are uncomfortable, but are for your own good. In
life, the only constant thing is change. Change affects us all and we are dealing with
as it changes us for better. Change is the only thing we can be sure will happen.
Change for the improvement of yourself and mind. A person must have an open mind
and heart that desires to learn and grow.

2. Were we successful so far in trying to tie down technology with what we conceive as
human flourishing?
As time passed by and technology become more sufficient in life.
Technology changes us and the world around us in countless ways. It eases our labor,
cures diseases, provides abundant food and clean water, enables communication and
travel across the globe, and expands our knowledge of the natural world and the
cosmos. Along with technology’s advancement we humans are eventually growing.
But were we successful so far in trying to tie down technology with what we conceive
as we grow? Well yes, through the help of technology we grew further and more
sufficient. Technology runs a big role as we human flourished. The important thing is
how one uses the technology for the best purpose. One may just roam around all the
social handles, but could not find the specific purpose such as to groom themselves in
a well-defined way. Role of technology in personal growth is not only benefiting
individuals, groups but corporate as well in grooming them as professional and much
more better.