using technology to improve the future as addressed in the readings technology has the potential to both solve global social problems and make them worse for example technological devices that can interact with the environment have the potential to re

Using Technology to Improve the Future

As addressed in the readings, technology has the potential to both solve global social problems and make them worse. For example, technological devices that can interact with the environment have the potential to reduce world hunger by helping to increase food production in developing countries. However, some technological advancementsâ€”such as weapons of war and automated assembly linesâ€”can threaten life through armed conflict, and pollution of the environment can increase poverty by eliminating jobs.

Do advancements in technology pose any direct and/or indirect threats to the global environment? Choose one advancement and provide two examples of direct or indirect threats in your explanation.

Be sure to inform your response with facts from sources. Use our ebook/textbook each week and at least one scholarly outside source. You must cite sources in-text and give a full citation at the end of your response.

WEAPONS OF WAR & THE ENVIRONMENT

WAR AND THE ENVIRONMENT

http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5520

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WAR

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_war

WAR THREATENS OUR ENVIRONMENT

https://worldbeyondwar.org/environment/

ASSEMBLY LINES AND UNEMPLOYMENT

Some links: