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UNIT 3
TO DEPEND ON TECHNOLOGY-IS IT BAD OR NOT?
LEAD-IN
1
There has always been a pessimistic view on technology and
progress. Read the following quotations concerning technological
inventions, choose one of them and comment upon it. Explain in your own
words what the author means and express your agreeing or disagreeing.
· Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into
a cry of fear. (Bertold Breht)
· Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it, while the angels are
debating the best way to use it. (Alen Valentine)
· Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the
world that just don’t add up. (James Magary)
· If the human race wants to go to Hell
in a basket, technology may help it to
get there by jet. (Charles M.Allen)
· Our lifetime may be the last that will be
lived out in a technological society.
(Isaac Asimov)
· Any sufficiently advanced technology
is indistinguishable from magic.
(Arthur C.Clarke)
2
In small groups or in pairs discuss your answers to the following
questions.
· What invention do you think has had the greatest impact on modern
civilization? Why?
· Are there any things that never should have been invented? What are they?
Why?
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