How would technology serve Africa and help in it in shaping a new world order
Background:
Africa the sleeping giant that is blessed with a large amount of natural resources; however, they experience weak economic growth. Africa is very rich it has a large quantity of natural recourses including diamonds, iron, gold, cobalt, silver and many other resources; in addition to the human force they have; therefore, it has all the factors that could help it maintain economic growth; however, the highest poverty rates are in Africa. The number of those living in extreme poverty in the sub-Saharan region increased from 290 million in 1990 to 414 million in 2010. Poverty in Africa is caused by corruption and poor governance, poor land use and land residency framework, common wars and unending political clashes, poor infrastructure, diseases and poor health offices, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) strategies, among others. As indicated by the World Bank in 1990 and the United Nations in 1995, poverty has different appearances which incorporate the lack of wage and profitable assets adequate to guarantee practical business, hunger, and unhealthiness, sick health, constrained or lack of access to training and other essential administrations, expanded grimness and mortality from disease, vagrancy, insufficient, unsafe and corrupted environment, social separation and rejection. It is likewise described by lack of participation in choice making in common, social
There are also times where individuals are forced into a community and unable to change it without major consequences.
Europe’s colonisation had major influences upon Africa’s development as a society. The book “Guns, Germs and Steel” written by American Ecologist, Jared Diamond, claims that Africa developed independently and with little major influence from Europe and its people. Moreover, Africa was colonized because of the natural landscape rather then the social and cultural influence from Europe. Controversially, historian Gene Callahan, opposes and describes Africa was developed based was off their own tradition and knowledge rather than through the influence of Europe. Jared Diamond has a valuable perspective on how Europe possibly impacted Africa’s development as a society.
Losing these aspects then weaken our ability to speak up for controversial things including government decisions and political choices. If nobody is able to be involved in the government, have the right to make their own decisions, and be their natural born self, then there’s no way we can learn to improve our community, therefore resulting in an unsuccessful
This contributes to a regulatory state and controlling authoritative figures. The end result of this is a stagnated society, which is intolerant of the free expression of one’s individuality and ultimately limits the advancement of society. Blind acceptance of traditions and strict social conformity can lead to the
1.1 Background of the Research Technology has always develop for a long time. Until today, it is still develops at a stunning pace. As a matter of fact, technology has touched every aspect of life; from the way we move by using a horse changed into automobile, from walking on the land to flying in the air and reach farther distance. The products we are using in our daily life also produced by the technology. Under those circumstances, including the economy, politics, and also society, are affected by technology.
By conforming to societal norms, people deny themselves the freedom to think and act for themselves. This lack of individuality leads to a lack of fulfillment and genuine happiness in
As a society this relates to social blindness because if enough people do something dumb, other people follow because they don’t want to stand out or be punished. This advances to social anxiety, a lot of people struggle with this because of peer pressure and the fear of standing out. In the episode of Brain Games about peer pressure, the people have no clue what's going on, so they just follow what everyone's doing, without asking questions. This relates back to a socially blind society because people move into or are born into a society not knowing how it works. They don’t ask questions, they just go with the flow and get brainwashed.
People today can already see the social impacts that technology has had on there lives today, when comparing them to 5 to 10 years ago. Engineers and scientist are already trying to figure how to program our laws into robots and make them as safe as possible to be around humans. But with programmers trying to make robots as humanly possibly it does make you question and rethink yourself as to what direction is technology heading towards. The aspects of this essay brings up not just the currents issues but also further issues that we may have over natural resources. To build more technology, you need more minerals and much of today’s minerals are controlled by foreign countries.
Over time, political and economic structures in Africa have changed continuously. Having been colonized repeatedly in the 1800s, Africa’s structures have changed due to colonization and were faced with challenges as many of the natural resources, which had provided income and structural support, were taken away. Africa’s political and economic structure, prior to the Europeans invasion, consisted of small states that had a structure of government set up by chiefs for the society. The more powerful states contained more wealth through the creation of trade routes to the European nations. While the Sultans or kings were the ones who had an elevated status.
(BS-3) This disconnection can manifest as a distance from society. (BS-2) More significantly, materialism can create a divide between one’s conscious self and their deeper emotions. (BS-1) Most worryingly, the human need for social interaction can be covered under a blanket of commercialized goods, and altogether forgotten.
Because of the limited knowledge and memory of citizens, they can’t enjoy a real relationship. People do not understand the value of relationships, so they go through life being selfish, because they do not understand how to live any differently. (SIP-B) The lack of conflict within the society causes people to stop thinking, and caring about their society, and they become lazy. (STEWE-1)
Technology can be defined as “the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment”. (n.d.) Therefore, when we speak of technological evolution we can say that it is an “innovation and technology related hypothesis that describes the fundamental change of society through technical development”. Different theorists have their own perspective on the evolution of technology but, although each of their views differs from another, they shared certain common features, mechanism, and incidence in technology. Some theorists have developed distinct approaches to understanding the nature of the technological process and the relationship between technological development and the social world.
If a student’s behavior is far away from what his expected, they may be seen as unable to participate in the normal everyday life of a student. The more closely aligned the behavior is to societal norms, the more likely they are to be included in activities. This model is basically saying that societies’ standards may be creating the problem or defining the
An often glossed over and prettily wrapped part of history can be found when examining the colonial era. This was a time of imperial racing to see who could develop the most civilizations and obtain the most land worldwide. What is ignored though is the truth of what colonialism did to the nations and the reality of its impacts on the world as a whole. Colonialism is responsible for the unequal biases toward race, gender, social class, among and within nations. Further, colonialism set into motion exploitation of nations of the global south for the benefit of nations of the global north, and even upon decolonization, with the optimistic idea of independence, imperial powers set up a system to where the decolonized nations were still dependent on them and continued the abuse of the global south nations and their resources for the economic gain, and that system sticks with us to this day.
First of all, the developing countries will gain the technology