Preview

How Technology Has Changed Our Lives.

Powerful Essays
Open Document
Open Document
1550 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
How Technology Has Changed Our Lives.
{draw:rect} MODERN AGE (1950-1985) After the Second World War Americans began to prosper, millions of people were changing. The troops that were returning from war some 12 million served during the war years were going back in the workforce. Most of these men were mere children when they signed on, some from rural America that never returned to work the earth. Farming technology was being made to counter act this problem. So much so that at the turn of the twentieth century 50 percent of the workforce was on farms that provided the nation’s food. By the end of the 1950’s only 7 percent of the workforce was working the nation’s farms. Hourly wages for selected industries, United States, 1950 1901 ............................................ $ 0.23 1918 ............................................ .53 1935 ............................................ .58 1950 ............................................ 1.59 SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey Manufacturing. (Bureau of Labor Statistics) Yale Brozen writes “Fear of automation can be traced to four sources.” One is based on the assumption that there is a fixed amount of goods. The second source of fear springs from the idea that automation or cybernation is something more than the latest stage in the long evolution of technology. The third source of fear lies in the fact that we are much more aware of the people displaced by automation and concerned about them than we are of the other unemployed. Even while we reduce the amount of manpower needed to do a fixed amount of work does that fixed amount of work remain the same? As we all know this is not the case. As we free up manpower from one aspect we find new and productive uses for that manpower. His words speak the truth then as they do today. “It saves lives through the aid it gives doctors. By controlling traffic signals in response to traffic flows


Cited: Baughman, James L. "Television Comes to America, 1947-57." Editorial. Illinois Periodicals Online (IPO) Project. N.p., Mar. 1993. Web. 29 Nov. 2009. http://www.lib.niu.edu/1993/ ihy930341.html. Bland Jr., Gordon R Bureau of Labor Statistics. "100 Years of U.S. Consumer Spending: Data for the Nation, New York City, and Boston." United States Department of Labor. N.p., 3 Aug. 2006. Web. 29 Nov. 2009. http://www.bls.gov/opub/uscs/1950.pdf. Brozen, Yale Handel, Michael J. SRI Project Number P10168. SRI International, July 2003. Web. 29 Nov. 2009. http://www.sri.com/policy/csted/reports/sandt/it/Handel_IT_Employment_InfoBrief.pdf>. Huether, David Web. 29 Nov. 2009.http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_14/b3978116.htm. The People History ." 1985 Office, September 1988). Tuzhilin, Alex, ed Williams, Walter E. "Disappearing Manufacturing Jobs." Editorial. George Mason University. N.p., 3 May 2006. Web. 29 Nov. 2009.http://economics.gmu.edu/wew/articles/06/jobs.html.
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    The Influence Of Television In The 1950s And 1960s
    • 1104 Words
    • 5 Pages

    The Influence Of Television In The 1950s And 1960s

    Despite the fact that television had only recently begun to evolve in America, the influence of television in the 1950s and 1960s still managed to advertise a unified American community full of social enhancements, educate the nation about politics and current events, and stimulate the…

    • 1104 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Philo T. Farnsworth Research Paper
    • 805 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Philo T. Farnsworth Research Paper

    In modern day society, of the period following the second millennium, television has become the center at which a lot of people have spent their free time. Television has become such an integral part of the technologically inclined world, that it has become a major industry that seems on par with the film industry. For television to have become as ubiquitous as it has become, it had to go through years of innovation, and this innovation was the product of Philo T. Farnsworth’s original invention of the television,…

    • 805 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Television in the 1950s: Impact on America
    • 3030 Words
    • 13 Pages

    Television in the 1950s: Impact on America

    It is with these statistics that help support the idea that it seems almost impossible to even try to fathom a period of time when there were no such things as television sets in the American household, let alone there being no such thing as television. This time period seems to be primitive. Yet the issue at hand is that we fail to realize that television was not always around. Instead it was only first presented to the public less than 73 years ago in 1939. In fact to some, it is extremely surprising that television was not even popular among Americans until the 1950's. It was with this popularity that helped turn the spark, the effect that television had on Americans, into a wildfire that spread all over America. This very effect is one of the most…

    • 3030 Words
    • 13 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Moral Change Between 1960 And 1980
    • 1819 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Moral Change Between 1960 And 1980

    Before world war II ( September 1939-September 1945) the only form of media available to the young was of print, which is magazines, newspapers and books. After war, and with the introduction of a new form of media which is television, it started to become available in almost every household, By year 1946, 55 percent of houses contained a television, this rate has increased to 87 percent by the year 1960. ( Defleur & Rokeach ,1989). Going further 40 years ahead, the US Census Bureau estimated that not only every household contained a television but, it had an average of 2.4 television sets per household.…

    • 1819 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Putting Our Knowledge In The Hands Of Machine Analysis
    • 362 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Putting Our Knowledge In The Hands Of Machine Analysis

    “All Can Be Lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machines” by Nicholas Carr shows the negative effects of automation and how fast it is growing. With how fast automation is growing these days, it is easier to hand the most difficult jobs to machines to replace humans. In this article, Carr talks about some dangerous experiences that were caused by automation.…

    • 362 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    The Witness Of Religion In An Age Of Fear, By Michael Kinnamon
    • 1841 Words
    • 8 Pages

    The Witness Of Religion In An Age Of Fear, By Michael Kinnamon

    However, our current society is living in an overly fearful state that greatly impacts the way that we see our world. Contributing to increased military surveillance, fear of immigrants, Muslims, Terrorists, and the mistrust of strangers and outsiders. Even as our country is one of the safest and most prosperous in the world Americans are some of the most fearful people (Kinnamon, 2017, p. 15). Kinnamon speaks of the contraction and withdrawal into ourselves, which occurs when we seek to protect ourselves out of fear. Fear can keep people from engaging, and from living generously and hospitably (Kinnamon, 2017, p. 35).…

    • 1841 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Why Is Tv So Important To The Us
    • 538 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Why Is Tv So Important To The Us

    Although it was a novelty in the United States at the end of World War II, television became an important part of American life during the first postwar decade. Fewer than one out of ten American homes had television in 1950. Five years later the proportion had grown to two-thirds. New stations quickly took to the air and such networks. For the First time in history, political debates, issues, and other such important issues were capable of being broadcasted nationwide for the American people to view.…

    • 538 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Robotic Argumentative Analysis
    • 751 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Robotic Argumentative Analysis

    Generally, the adoption of robotics and artificial intelligence becomes tainted when thinking of the negative stigma. Those opposed to the implementation of robots hypothesize, “some sort of arms race that will lead to the rapid advancement and propagation of things like autonomous “armed quadcopters,” eventually resulting in technology that’s accessible to anyone if they want to build a weaponized drone” (Cite). In other words, the adoption of autonomous technology would cause concern due to the ease of creation. While not being misguided, the argument depicts the national climate as a technological wild west. With the internet age, the spread of information becomes an inevitability. When given accessible information, one becomes inclined to utilize the knowledge. Rather than pushing away technological evolution, results could instead be found in the adoption of emerging…

    • 751 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    The Robot Invasion Summary
    • 862 Words
    • 4 Pages

    The Robot Invasion Summary

    The tone of the article is instructive, because the author is showing the reader the benefits and downfalls of using robots in everyday life. Gillis, (2012) states “ Will need to train people in the skills for the new world to come” (pg. 490). This reflects back to the tone because it shows that since robots are beginning to take over the world and a lot of the jobs in the United States are going to be lost to robots this forces people to be trained on the new jobs that are going to evolve with the use of robots. Gillis (2012) states “ Robots retain the capacity to stoke out our most atavistic fears”(pg. 490). An inference that can be drawn from that would that humans have flaws and the use of robots can help make up for what humans lack. For example if someone had to wash windows on a skyscraper and they were afraid of heights that person wouldn’t do it, but with the use of robots the job will not only be completed but the robot would make sure that the job is taken care of in a very efficient manner. A major downfall of the article is that the author is bias towards one side and that side is supporting the use of robots. For example the only downfall that the author uses is that two billion jobs will be lost with the use of robots. This affects many…

    • 862 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Technology: Advancements In The Workplace
    • 101 Words
    • 1 Page

    Technology: Advancements In The Workplace

    Currently “47 percent of total US employment is in the high risk category (“Frey”)”, almost double the unemployment during the great depression. Throughout history, advancements in technology have greatly helped to increase the efficiency and productivity of businesses and corporations, while easing the life of workers. Today with the exponential rate of breakthroughs in technology, people have developed a concern for their job security as computerized programs and robotics replace human beings in the work force. In the past, automation has helped humanity reach higher standards of living and create new types of more engaging work while dismissing many mundane tasks.…

    • 101 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    An Agricultural Revolution in America
    • 1024 Words
    • 5 Pages

    An Agricultural Revolution in America

    Prior to the 1930’s, the amount of the population involved in agriculture was extremely large. Conkin writes, “At least 90 percent of the population had some tie to agriculture, even if only part time.”1 This was due to the fact that families relied on the food that they produced themselves because food could not be produced on such the large scale that we are familiar with today. In the 1800’s, one farm family could only produce enough to feed themselves and one other family. As technology progressed, so did productivity, and families did not rely on their own farming and agriculture as much. 2 Even so, agriculture continued to be America’s largest economic sector.…

    • 1024 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Early Twentieth Century Workplace
    • 660 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Early Twentieth Century Workplace

    Life in the early twentieth century was provided by secure factory jobs. The United States was an industrial area filled with factories. People without much education could work in the factories and know their jobs were safe. There was no schooling or special skills required. People worked in the factories and made enough money to support themselves and their families. Today, factories full of human workers are a rare thing in America. Most people now go to college to further their education and get more specialized jobs. They believe in the luxuries their jobs can provide and not the value of their work. Twentieth century work and the values that came with it are rarely seen in America today.…

    • 660 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    The Flipped Classroom Analysis
    • 200 Words
    • 1 Page

    The Flipped Classroom Analysis

    I also find it interesting that in the lecture notes where it talks about the fact "47% of U.S. employment is in "high risk" category of being automated in the next decade or two." That makes sense because a lot of companies are finding…

    • 200 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Human Relations Approach to Technology
    • 710 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Human Relations Approach to Technology

    Another side to this is that technology has done more and faster production than humans can. Technology has taken over many people’s job. What used to be an assembly line of people working to put metal together for chairs or anything else has become a one person job making sure that the robots had put the metal together like it was supposed to be. There is a plant in Hopkinsville, KY that mig welds and repairs parts and pieces of appliances. With this plant there are people only getting hired who has welding experience so that they can check what the machines do, when the machines mess up it is up to that person to fix it. The people working there are always getting laid off due to them over hiring at times. They don’t need as many people as they once did because they have technology and it has stepped up and taken over the jobs of those people who got laid off.…

    • 710 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Automation in Daily Life
    • 2627 Words
    • 11 Pages

    Automation in Daily Life

    Automation is the use of machines, control systems and information technologies to optimize productivity in the production of goods and delivery of services. The correct incentive for applying automation is to increase productivity, and/or quality beyond that possible with current human labor levels so as to realize economies of scale, and/or realize predictable quality levels. In the scope of industrialisation, automation is a step beyond mechanization. Whereas mechanization provides human operators with machinery to assist them with the muscular requirements of work, automation greatly decreases the need for human sensory and mental requirements while increasing load capacity, speed, and repeatability. Automation plays an increasingly important role in the world economy and in daily experience.…

    • 2627 Words
    • 11 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More