In this modern era of information, the internet has been opening up a world of opportunities to any with the resources and know-how to take advantage of it. ... It also brought a new technology that mechanized production and replaced human or animal energy with steam. ... The advent and development of new technologies has created a forum for public debate over the merits of representative democracy vs. direct democracy. New technologies are enabling us to experiment with a system of direct democracy, which has for so long been unable to compete with proportional representation due to reasons...

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In the 21st Century, we can view Mary Shelly's Frankenstein as a modern myth. ... In today's modern society, there have been many, vast advancements in scientific technology. ... Because there has been a lot of research in the area of genetic technology, stem cell research, and cloning. ... One aspect of the modern transplant parallels well with Frankenstein. ... Technology has already showed us that it is possible to transplant some organs to create better life; it also makes us question how far technology can take us. ...

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Do you think modern technology has made life easier and safer? Or do you think that modern technology has made life more difficult and more dangerous? ... By the way what are technologies? Modern technology is machinery that makes life easier. ... The world is full technology; almost everything you see is the result of technology. ...

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Technology Vs Evolution Until the recent discovery of cloning, no one thought that technology was in any way related to morality. ... Technology is created to conform to how far evolution has gone. ... "Modern cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists confirm that emotions, rather than being the antithesis of rationality, greatly aid thinking" (De Waal 663). ... The modern world has taught us that if you scratch my back I"ll scratch yours; this makes the population seem like they are altruists on the outside but on the inside, they are just trying to make as many allies as possible so thei...

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Technology seems to be an asset in our modern day life styles. ... Everything with technology makes life soo much easier. ... Technology however seems to solve this problem. ... Technology has created the lazy man and not to mention ways to destroy our planet even more. ...

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The Benefits of Cloning Technology What comes to mind when people think about cloning? ... The technology of cloning main objective is research on how to understand the human DNA better. ... This technology will be researched whether good people are doing the research or not. ... All things considered, cloning technology has a lot to offer to human civilization. ... And to end this argument, I will leave you with a quote from one of the pioneers of the human cloning foundation, Peter Harris: "Unlike Prometheus, no modern scientist has stolen anything out of heaven. ...

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In today's post-modern society, there are many strong guiding forces influencing every single aspect of a person's socialization and development as an individual. ... In that context, if mankind develops the ability to have that type of reproductive and genetic technology, there is a thin moral line preventing what happens to occur in our society. ... Thus for that gift, civilization and all societies, even non-modern, must pay the price that lies at the end of the road, for losing that innocence, or as it can also be seen ignorance. It is impossible to hold moral order within a soc...

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If we take a look at the bright side of our, we will find that modern technology comes at the top of the list. Modern technology has made our life easier and much comfortable. ... This modem technology is considered one of hits of our modern age, and the misses of the old age. ... Modern technology and inventions have made our life much comfortable. ...

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Though many people praise the abundant benefits of modern technology, few actually understand the principles that are being dealt with, and in many cases this leads to disrespect of technology and its place in the world. ... Humans have within their grasp the ability and technology to create life. ... Has modern science, like Prometheus and Pandora, unlocked a secret for which the control does not yet exist? ... Is there a lesson in this for modern Man? ... The subtitle to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is The Modern Prometheus. ...

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We are letting our lives be controlled by technology. ... Technology has traditionally evolved as the result of human needs. ... We didn't think that we were letting our lives be influenced by technology, yet they are. In some ways technology has provided us with a better way of life. ... We are letting our lives be taken over by modern technology, which in turn has pretty much negated all views of tradition and religious views. ...

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Yes, Transhumanism is the inevitable faith of mankind to be transformed, through the aid of advances in modern technology, to not only enhance the human's physical, intellectual, and psychological capabilities, but also to achieve biological immortality. ... Kurzweil states "Transhumanism is the next step in human evolution due to the fact technology will eventually achieve singularity and self consciousness, so if we refuse Transhumanism then we will eventually fall behind as our intellect will be immensely surpassed by technology, thus making us the servants of our creations" ...

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I think the saying still be able to describe how modern day relationships work but to be more realistic, now we are the one who have our own time in a relationship, more or less. We can control the time with the help of technology and social network. ... While writing a letters, citing poems to lovers and showing needs to see the lover's face are sweet, an instant message software or any modern technology gadget can sending a picture or asking someone out on a date immediately and knowing the other's response as soon as the other person send an answer. ... Human use technology as a...

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Technology Vs Evolution Until the recent discovery of cloning, no one thought that technology was in any way related to morality. ... Technology is created to conform to how far evolution has gone. ... "Modern cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists confirm that emotions, rather than being the antithesis of rationality, greatly aid thinking" (De Waal 663). ... The modern world has taught us that if you scratch my back I"ll scratch yours; this makes the population seem like they are altruists on the outside but on the inside, they are just trying to make as many allies as possible so thei...

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As technology in society progressed so did the topic of Science Fiction films, which began to focus on cyborgs, clones and post-modern implosions in films such as "Blade Runner", "Planet of the Apes" and "The Terminator". ... The film highlighted the fear of a nuclear war, which haunted most American's of the era, examining the effects of technology upon humankind, and creating a pre cursor warning as to what could happen if we rely to heavily on technology. ... The advance in technology over time provides a great influence to the Science Fiction genre. However, the genre tends to focu...

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Many modern people fall within Generation X and Z. ... We can also differentiate between the two generation by looking into their use of and attitude towards technology. Gen Xers grew up with emerging technology. ... Immoderate reliance on technology is a new issue of Gen Z. ... Take English for instance, Gen Xers have used Modern English that the future generations adopt as well. ...

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Scientists still debate whether they are a closely related sub-species of modern humans or represent a collateral line of late Homo erectus, related to but not ancestral to modern humans. ... Otherwise, their bodies are strikingly modern. ... This constrasts sharply with the rapid advances made in technology by early modern humans. ... It was found at Omo in East Africa; skull size and shape are completely modern. ... Above, an artist has imagined how this increasingly complex cultural information was passed on to subsequent generations: hunters prepare stone tools as a young boy looks on, a...

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I also thought that the flags at the end of the composition were some kind of representation of blood and that the face of the person painted on the wall represented a regular human who tries to eliminate technology from modern society. ... In this case, he is trying to express how technology is destroying the world. He put an airplane that is being attacked by arrows, and these arrows represent his opinion about how technology is destroying nature. So the principal line that is coming out of his mouth is trying to attack technology, technology that is attacking nature today. ... M...

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We as a society have the Internet and other forms of technology to entertain us that we only tune in to the radio when it is convenient at a certain time. ... Other technologies like the internet and iPhones have made it so that radio stations are available on them, making it once again, more accessible to todays society. 8. ... Today's society is so dependent on the easier ways of technology, and every type of musical, blog, and movie will one day be viewed for free online. 9. ...

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Vincent's narration at the beginning of the film provides the audience with knowledge as to the state of this futuristic world, and the plot to follow plumbs the depths of the ramifications of excessively advanced technology. It cannot be said that this technology is solely responsible for the degraded state of humanity in Gattaca, since Vincent, a natural born human, has his own shortcomings such as the selfishness revealed in his determination to achieve is goal. ... We see that the pressure of modern culture has permeated in the future to the extent that people "have you looking so h...

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BRAVE NEW SOCIETY As the years go by and as we age, technology is constantly improving. ... The examples listed above are ways in which the majority of our society believe technology is for the better and not worse. However, when is technology going too far? ... Modern technology can both help and harm the well-being of a society. ... It is alright to use that technology to help save human beings and allow them to control their own lives, but it is not acceptable to use that technology to control their lives for them. ...

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The nomadic people of this era were especially important in the development of technology. ... Since ideas could be spread more easily, this eased the transition of an Age of Exploration to an early modern era. The new era that had developed would be called the early modern era. There were many causes that led to today's modern era. ... Centralized monarchies would evolve into modern statehood. ...

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Their images have given a concrete figure to the idea of human fusion with technology. ... Fusion with technology in Robocop gives the cyborg a suit of armor. ... Gender is a significant factor in the cycle of evolving technology. ... Her analysis demonstrates how technology inspired many noteworthy innovations in modern cultures, and at the same time, causing conflicts with previous notions of past generations. Technology is a queer thing; it brings you great gifts with one hand and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...

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The technology will change everything- life in space, transport and the most important thing- the life on the earth and the life of the ordinary men. The new technologies will open up more walls for the people to move from place to place. ... Super modern studying system will be teaching you while you are at home, using you personal computer. ...

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(Shelly, p. 69) Shelley characterizes Frankenstein as a modern a "mad scientist." ... With the advent of cloning technologies, it has become "scientifically" possible to create a duplicate (at least genetically) of what ordinarily be unique. ... Will cloning technology usher in a new era of human existence, free from disease and pain, or will it instead rear ugly consequences unseen until much too late? ... Are scientists, like the ones at CloneAid for example, true scientific pioneers whose work will result in the extent, or even the perpetuality, of human life or are they simply a modern...

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On the other hand, "for each blessing of modern technology, a corresponding risk comes into being" (Pojman, p. 895). ... This technology could find answers to questions about our bodies, our genetics, and maybe even about life itself. ... Imagine how it would feel to find out that twenty years ago, a bunch of doctors and scientists created you out of technology, not love. ...

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