How has Science and Tech improved Man's quality of life?

Ancient

Horse / Camels

Allows long distances to be travelled more quickly

Shoes

Greater comfort when walking

Wooden Ships

Allowed international exploration to be possible,

Could be seen as bad thing (piracy, colonization)

Huge economic benefits in terms of international trade

Modern

Car

Allows for transport in a much more efficient manner, allowing us to get to destinations more quickly

Cut on transport time, thus increasing productivity

Trains

Allows people to travel far distances on land very quickly, useful for those working / visiting relatives

The trip is also much safer this way than by foot

Steam Engine Ship

Faster shipment of goods, allows things like food and beverages to be exported safely

Present Day

Self-driving cars

Allows for complete automation of process, allowing us to get to our destination with very little effort

Ancient

Irrigation systems

Allows for farming, allowing societies to settle down, leading to greater advancement of science and tech.

The fundamental technology that enabled us to get so far

Modern

Home refrigerator

Allows food to be stored for longer times at home without it spoiling - greater convinence

Air conditioning

Cools people on hot days

Ancient

Use of stone / limestone for construction

Allowed for houses to be built

Founding of metal

Allows for electricity to be conducted (useful later on) and also for foundations of buildings / bridges

Also used later on for making of technology

Modern

Concrete

Allows stronger, more stable buildings to be built which can support greater loads (ie allowing high rise buildings)

Cranes

Allows for skyscrapers to be built - accommodate for growing population without worsening living conditions

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Significance

Shelter is the foundation of stable human life - without it we are unable to settle down, have time to think, advance

Manufacturing makes ideas possible with extremely high precision - allowing for computers, surgical tools, etc to exist

Drugs

Old / Ancient

Dissection of human body

Understanding of the human body

Modern

Insulin

Treats diabetes

Penicillin

Antibiotic

Present Day

Covid Vaccine

Helps allow us to resume generally normal life safely

Surgery

Anesthesia

Significance

Disease no longer a death sentence

Longer lives, more time to work -> lead to greater advancements in other fields

Less pain and suffering

Eg, no longer need to amputate limbs just because they are broken, don't have to suffer through flu because there is no cure

Ancient

Invention of paper

Lighter medium for communication -> easily transport messages

Invention of printing press

Make printing and making books far more efficient, allowing for greater levels of literacy -> more educated -> leads to improvements in life in other areas

Modern

Invention of telegraph

Allowed for long-distance communication, reducing transport time and allowing messages to be sent quickly

Invention of telephone

Allowed for real-time communication between two parties, adding a more human element to the telegraph

Present Day

Internet

Initially allowed for information to be uploaded online + found

Wikipedia

Invention of Wikipedia made it extremely easy to find information about all types of subjects online

Social Media

Helps people keep in contact with one another on a deeper engagement level than just calls (eg photos, video calls, etc)

Platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram also allow for easy dissemination of information to various different people at once

IPhone

Allows the complexity of the computer to essentially be available at one's fingertips - further increasing accessibility to information

Computer

Allows for complex operations to be processed easily, allowing everything from access to internet to gaming to complex simulations being run

Allows information to be CREATED and ACCESSED easily

Significance

Communication and exchange of ideas is what allows us to execute them in an efficient way

This allows complex plans to be carried out, allowing complex inventions which improve our life to be made

Communication is the basis of fulfilling our social needs - helping us lead happier, more fulfilled lives

Technology is intertwined - advancements in one area often help boost advances in another

Improvements often mean safer, more comfortable or more convenient

Without exploring new territory, none of these inventions would have been discovered.

Yet often new inventions build on the principles of / things made available by previous ones (e.g. Iphone built on computer built on basic code which is done on paper)