Technology as a

Way of
Revealing
Generation Gap
 Isattributed mainly to the changes
brought about by technology.
 Older generation think that these
technologies are too complicated to
operate.
 THE HUMAN
CONDITION BEFORE
COMMON ERA
Homo erectus have been using fire to
cook through chipping one flint over
the other to produce a spark
without realizing the laws of friction
and heat.
Homo sapiens began to sharpen
stones as one would a knife.
Stone Age

Tools from stone and

flints.
“Venus”
 Itdepicts a rudimentary carving of a
voluptuous woman out of ivory or
stone.
 Certain fixation on the female
anatomy.
People discovered minerals and
began forging metal works.
 Durable
 Malleable
 More Luster
Fur clothing and animal skin are
primarily used.
 Naked
 Vulnerabledue to lack of covering
 Withstand extreme weather
condition
Deeply engaged in beauty
perhaps had liking to a certain
shiny stone, perfectly shaped
bone and wanted to wear it as
a trophy.
 Honor some deity
 Elephants and Mammoths- people lived
alongside majestic creatures awed by their
sizes thought as owner of land and ask
blessing.
 Mountain Gods- to explain wind currents
and ask for provision.
Water Gods – people who
were near coastal areas or
bodies of water ask for a good
condition.
Sun – generic Gods
 THE HUMAN
CONDITION IN THE
COMMON ERA
Holocene or Anthropocene Extinction
Ongoing extinction of several
species both flora and fauna
due to human activity.
Trading emerged
 Offering something of same value
present in theirs.
 New objective to gather as much as
possible.
They began to hunt, farm, and produce
things with the prospect of profit.
 Crops, cattle, poultry
 Metals, accessories, weapons, spices,
literature, and entertainment.
 Used their skill and got compensated.
They perceived death
Medicinewas born
Emergence of chemistry
Allocate resources to militia
 Due to differing races, beliefs, or
abundance of resources/territory.
 Physical strength was valued at
most.
THE ESSENCE OF
TECHNOLOGY
Martin Heidegger argued
ESSENCE/PURPOSE
1st – “a means to achieve man’s end”
2nd- “constitutes human activity”

BEING/CHARACTERISTICS
-reveals a particular character regarding man’s
being.