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
Best wishes
It is related to facilitate life but not to add happiness, never.
Happiness associated with very simple life and clear thinking..
I think yes when the progress of the methodology, people feel happy where people take more progress and provide services to them
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?
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