TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMNENT

Technological Advancement

Technology Advancement

Introduction

Science, technology, and society (STS) are an interdisciplinary field that seeks greater understanding of the processes by which science, technology, and society mutually shape each other. Research in STS calls attention to and critiques oversimplified conceptions in three broad categories

The nature of scientific knowledge and practice

The process by which technology develops

The role of science and technology in human experience

A recurring theme in STS is that scientific discovery and technological advancement do not automatically lead to comprehensive social progress. Much work in the field, therefore, focuses on realizing the positive potential latent in new knowledge, techniques, and devices, as well as in avoiding undesirable unintended consequences and other negative outcomes. One motivation for making these distinctions is that science, technology, and society emerged as a label for a social movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which continued to be used as the name for the academic specialty that emerged in the 1980s. The terminology science and technology studies came later and attempts to distinguish the academic pursuit of STS from the social movement. Awareness of the need to contain the negative effects of technology and the possibility of deliberate use of technology to achieve social goals continues to inspire STS scholars who embrace either name; however, the field is no longer strongly associated with social activism (Baron, 2008).

Technological Advancements in Construction Industry

Technology advancements in Construction Industry attempt to gain a better grasp of the relationship between the tangible and the intangible aspects of technology. Technological determinism conceives technology as an autonomous force that develops along an inevitable path. On this view, technology develops independently of society but has great impact on society. Technological determinism accurately reflects several features of human experience of technology. For example, once a society has invested in the infrastructure required for automobile transport ...