If in the process of technological and technical progress new kinds of products and services are created that improve the lives of people, it can be assumed that at certain times people may seem to be happier, then people can feel happier.
But after some time, people get used to a certain level of life and look for further stimuli from the world of science, technology, technology, production of goods, provision of new services that will meet the growing human needs.
However, it seems to me that in such a situation one should consider and verify the essence of the concept of happiness.
What is the achievement of people's sense of happiness in the realities of the current technological revolution, known as Industry 4.0?
Is the definition of the concept of happiness not deformed in the realities of current reality dominated largely by technology in technologically developed countries?
Is it sure that technological progress gives people a sense of happiness?
Technical and technological progress itself provides new products, but it does not necessarily always make people feel happier and certainly not in the long term.
In my opinion, the main factors deciding about happiness are on completely different issues and concern the fundamental values of self-fulfillment in personal, family and professional life.
In this approach to the interpretation of the concept of achieving the state of happiness, self-fulfillment in various spheres of human functioning can be an important determinant of achieving happiness.
Do you agree with me on the above matter?
In the context of the above issues, the following question is valid:
Does technological progress make people feel happier?
I invite you to the discussion
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Some technologies will make some people happier and some technologies will make some people less happy. It's a matter of an individual's tastes, preferences, and circumstances.
There are two sides of the same coin. People are gradually becoming more satisfied about products that individually fitted their specific needs. Nevertheless, people have become more addicted to buying new things and following after new trends. Therefore, their requirements and demands increase causing dissatisfsction and even anger because of new products. It has been visible after Apple provided new iPhones in 2018. People usually do not understand (or do not want to) any compromises taken by particular corporations and permanently demand or more advanced solutions. I don’t know if it connected to happines.
It is related to facilitate life but not to add happiness, never.
Happiness associated with very simple life and clear thinking..
Agnieszka Will geb. Gronek, peoples' happiness can be only an illusion of the right and exact state of feeling we are talking about. That is why I connected happiness with "satisfaction". Many times people seem to be happy if their desires and needs are fully (or at least) satisfied. None the less, "satisfaction" is only one factor that can affect happiness. Anyways, happiness is very broad notion itself that Is why I think that of course we can claim that people are happy when they fulfill their material needs. Concluding I definitely agree with you that objectively "products" and "happiness" not always have positive connotation.
As Emad Kamil Hussein claimed "technology facilitate life but not to add happiness, never". I fully agree with that. Nevertheless, for many people possessing things is connected to happiness but in fact it isn't. Consumer is happy when he uses new stuff, when he can afford for it. If we buy a new car and after a year producer reveals new model and we can not afford for it are we happy then ? I am pretty sure that not all of us. But I think that we should define what the "happiness" is to settle this issue. It is difficult when we face the problem generalization.
Technology is an old concept where humans across history came to apply science and knowledge acquired through cognitive capabilities to develop tools and equipment of benefit in different aspects of life such as telecommunications and health. That’s why technology is related to the surrounding environment and is continuously evolving with time.
For example, prehistorically, communication started through drum talking in Africa and through smoke signs in china and Northern America. Also, pigeons where used to deliver messages throughout history by different cultures like Persians and Romans.
The history of telegraph dates back to fourth century B.C. when the Greeks used wooden arms on top of towers which rotate around fixed axes to form different shapes each corresponding to a symbol to deliver visual messages.
As for modern history, 1830s have seen the appearance of electric telegraph, 1876 telephone, and 1983 internet. To conclude, technology dates back to prehistory even if it looked differently and it is essentially linked to human’s quest for a better life.
Absolutely No. There are many advantages as well as many disadvantages.
Dear Friends and Colleagues of RG
If in the process of technological and technical progress new kinds of products and services are created that improve the lives of people, it can be assumed that at certain times people may seem to be happier, then people can feel happier.
But after some time, people get used to a certain level of life and look for further stimuli from the world of science, technology, technology, production of goods, provision of new services that will meet the growing human needs.
However, it seems to me that in such a situation one should consider and verify the essence of the concept of happiness.
What is the achievement of people's sense of happiness in the realities of the current technological revolution, known as Industry 4.0?
Is the definition of the concept of happiness not deformed in the realities of current reality dominated largely by technology in technologically developed countries?
Is it sure that technological progress gives people a sense of happiness?
Technical and technological progress itself provides new products, but it does not necessarily always make people feel happier and certainly not in the long term.
In my opinion, the main factors deciding about happiness are on completely different issues and concern the fundamental values of self-fulfillment in personal, family and professional life.
In this approach to the interpretation of the concept of achieving the state of happiness, self-fulfillment in various spheres of human functioning can be an important determinant of achieving happiness.
Do you agree with me on the above matter?
Best wishes
Technology makes your life easier, depends on how you use it, it is important to know the advantages and disadvantages and naturalize it, give useful information, know the different blogs on how to use technology, since there are many minors who do not they have information, and they do not know the dangers that technology creates, we must see the positive side: young people create blogs, dialogue in forums, create opportunities. This is the future we want!
Dariusz Prokopowicz
I think you can answer this “poetic” question for yourself. We live in the most unhappy, depressed, empty and anxious generation in history. Although I do not think state is directly related technology itself, the “users” are the more likely culprits.
We reached a unique evolutionary crossroad where we are supposed to shift form a proudly, stubbornly individualistic, narcissistic, self-serving paradigm to a humbly, altruistically, mutually responsible, mutually complementing one, in order to integrate into nature’s vast, cosmic system - that is based on complete integration, unconditional service of the whole - so we can survive.
We use technology the wrong way, to serve the previous, now dying paradigm, thus at the moment technology in all of its levels, implementation is harmful, separating, alienating us even further, serving our egoistic nature. But we could use the same technology in a positive way. We just need the right, purposeful and practical educational method to teach us how to build the crucial mutually responsible and mutually complementing collaborations with each other.
Other side is-it is difficult to say generally yes, but my believe is yes.
Think about what we are doing right now, you’re in Poland, I am in India, we are having conversation because of the modern technology, I believe This makes me happier than not knowing what someone in Poland think about technology (tell me what you think?
Dear Colleagues and Friends from RG, We are currently observing a strong acceleration in the development of digitization of the economy in many countries. The processes of implementing ICT, Internet and Industry 4.0 information technologies into various spheres of business activity, into companies, enterprises, institutions, etc. representing various sectors and branches of the economy have been taking place for many years. However, there have been several periods of acceleration of these processes in the past. The previous period of this type was e.g. the end of the 1990s, but at that time the dominant sources of the then acceleration of the implementation of internet technologies in business operations were slightly different than at present. However, the current sources of the acceleration of these technologies to economic processes and not only economic, but many areas of human life, are associated with specific activities and anti-pandemic instruments used, primarily with the recommendation of staying at home in home quarantine. Digitization of the economy is currently taking place simultaneously in many areas of economic processes and in the functioning of many economic entities and public, financial and other institutions. Due to the development of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic causing Covid-19 disease, the processes of digitization of the economy have accelerated. Currently (the end of April 2020) in many industries and sectors, more and more companies are developing their activities via the Internet, remotely providing their services and selling their products under e-commerce. Many companies that did not do this before now switch to remote activities, carried out electronically via the Internet. The importance of Internet marketing, including viral marketing, Real-Time marketing conducted on social media portals is increasing. The development of electronic banking is also increasing, including online and mobile banking. The share of payments made electronically, without cash via the Internet and during payments with the use of electronic bank cards is increasing. More and more citizens paying in stores do not use cash but make contactless payments. Limits for all contactless payments made with bank cards have just been increased in some countries. In connection with the above, SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus will increase the share of payments made electronically in the context of all payments made in national economies. The cashless system has already existed since the 1990s, but in the past it was only a specific part of the overall payments, the financial system, etc., and gradually increased and underwent subsequent stages of the technological revolution. However, at present, due to the development of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus pandemic, this development, i.e. the development of electronic economy, online and mobile banking, e-commerce, etc. has accelerated strongly. The dynamics of digitization processes in various areas of business entities activity is currently accelerating strongly. The changes are so dynamic that at present it is difficult to predict what the scale of the digitization of the economy will be, not only in a few years but even in a year. It is also associated with many puzzles regarding the development of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus pandemic in the following months and perhaps also years. There are still many questions that we currently do not know the answer to about effective medical therapies for the treatment of Covid-19 disease, the development and termination of a pandemic in the following months and years, the impact of this virus on the daily lives of people in the following years, etc. All these factors may change in the future also business models and development strategies used by enterprises. The changes are so dynamic that at present it is difficult to predict what the scale of the digitization of the economy will be, not only in a few years but even in a year. The issues are so developmental that unconventional analytical instruments are currently being tried to forecast specific development processes of specific issues related to the development of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus pandemic in the future and the impact of this pandemic on economic processes. Examples of this are currently attempts to use Big Data Analytics analytical platforms for the aforementioned forecasting processes in some research centers.
What is your opinion on this topic?
Please reply.
I invite you to discussion.
Thank you very much for participating in the discussion.
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
Technology can ease life but not source of happiness. Happiness is relative and linked to fulfilment of a purpose.
Some technologies will make some people happier and some technologies will make some people less happy. It's a matter of an individual's tastes, preferences, and circumstances.
Dear Karl Pfeifer, Yes, it is largely a matter of individual preferences, gsts, fashion and many other factors. These other factors also include effectively implemented marketing in the situation of disseminating new technological standards and introducing products manufactured with the use of specific, new technologies to the markets.
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
Dear Menassel Kawther,
Thank you for participating in the discussion. Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
The currently developed information technologies, ICT, Internet and Industry 4.0, technologies of the fourth technological revolution made it possible to transfer a significant part of the activity of people, companies and financial and public institutions to the Internet. As a result, the health, social and economic crisis generated by the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic was smaller than it could have been if such a pandemic had occurred several decades ago when the Internet was not available.
Do you agree with my opinion on this matter?
Greetings, Have a nice day, Stay healthy!
Dariusz Prokopowicz
Long time ago when I was student I found that happiness has following formula = your assets/ number of wishes.
Dear Jaroslav Dvorak,
Yes, the formula you proposed represents a very rational approach. Your formula suggests a prudent approach to the relationship that occurs in the context of the socio-economic development of civilization: limited resources of animate and inanimate nature (e.g. clean water, clean air, fossil resources) and much greater, unlimited human needs. It is important not to forget about sustainability when looking for happiness. Thank you very much for your response.
Greetings, Have a nice day, Stay healthy!
Dariusz Prokopowicz
I totally agree that happiness comes from anything but technology . technology yes made our lives easier but more complicated more tensed and depressed.
Happiness comes from self content and moral satisfaction ,how much one can give to others ,and how others receive with gratitude .
I'm not pessimistic, it's a mixed feeling. But, extreme of technology (like everything else) doesn't make people happier, definitely.
Technology can increase output or income which is positively correlated with happiness.
Also, direct consumption of technological products can increase your level of satisfaction.
If you do not deal with technology with strict rules, and you have the psychological competence to resist its harmful temptations, then most of the time technology will be a cause of misery rather than a cause of happiness.
Dear Louna said Farhat,
That's right. Technology can make life easier, but it does not bring you happiness. Thank you for your answer.
Regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
Dear Md Rabiul Alam,
You're right. I agree with your view of the importance of technology in the everyday functioning of people. A balance must be found in everything, including the use of technology.
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
Dear Prince Fosu,
Yes, technology is especially useful in improving manufacturing processes, production processes, offering services, etc.
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
Dear Nedhal Sadie,
You have very well grasped the relationship between technology, its application and the positive or negative effects of a particular human use of technology.
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
The SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic has increased the digitization and internationalization of communication processes, economic processes, etc. ICT and Internet information technologies facilitate functioning in the conditions of a pandemic. However, people limit social relationships by replacing them with technology. What do you think about it?
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
The feeling of happiness depends on changes, including, for example, improvement of living conditions, relations with other people, with the surrounding living environment in harmony with nature in the human environment, etc. On the other hand, the feeling of happiness depends not only on these changes in the human environment, but also on how and to what extent these changes are interpreted by man.
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
To some extent, yes, but I think the disadvantages are more than benefits, especially on the socio-cultural side
Dear Gioacchino de Candia,
Yes, I agree with you that even the most perfect technology does not bring happiness.
Regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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