Technologies | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-16

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00:02:15 1 Definition and usage
00:07:49 2 Science, engineering and technology
00:10:49 3 History
00:10:58 3.1 Paleolithic (2.5 Ma&#160;– 10 ka)
00:11:43 3.1.1 Stone tools
00:12:08 3.1.2 Fire
00:12:58 3.1.3 Clothing and shelter
00:13:47 3.2 Neolithic through classical antiquity (10 ka&#160;– 300 CE)
00:15:21 3.2.1 Metal tools
00:16:23 3.2.2 Energy and transport
00:19:38 3.2.3 Plumbing
00:20:48 3.3 Medieval and modern history (300 CE&#160;– present)
00:24:27 4 Philosophy
00:24:36 4.1 Technicism
00:25:23 4.2 Optimism
00:27:24 4.3 Skepticism and critics
00:31:41 4.4 Appropriate technology
00:32:16 4.5 Optimism and skepticism in the 21st century
00:35:33 4.6 Complex technological systems
00:38:34 5 Competitiveness
00:39:21 6 Other animal species
00:40:38 7 Future technology



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Technology ("science of craft", from Greek τέχνη, techne, "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and -λογία, -logia) is the collection of techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation. Technology can be the knowledge of techniques, processes, and the like, or it can be embedded in machines to allow for operation without detailed knowledge of their workings.
The simplest form of technology is the development and use of basic tools. The prehistoric discovery of how to control fire and the later Neolithic Revolution increased the available sources of food, and the invention of the wheel helped humans to travel in and control their environment. Developments in historic times, including the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet, have lessened physical barriers to communication and allowed humans to interact freely on a global scale.
Technology has many effects. It has helped develop more advanced economies (including today's global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many technological processes produce unwanted by-products known as pollution and deplete natural resources to the detriment of Earth's environment. Innovations have always influenced the values of a society and raised new questions of the ethics of technology.  Examples include the rise of the notion of efficiency in terms of human productivity, and the challenges of bioethics.
Philosophical debates have arisen over the use of technology, with disagreements over whether technology improves the human condition or worsens it. Neo-Luddism, anarcho-primitivism, and similar reactionary movements criticize the pervasiveness of technology, arguing that it harms the environment and alienates people; proponents of ideologies such as transhumanism and techno-progressivism view continued technological progress as beneficial to society and the human condition.