Human adaptation and innovation have resulted in increased efficiency, comfort, and security, and technological advances have shaped human development and interactions with both intended and unintended consequences.

development of new technologies changed the world (1900-pres)

1.) Communication and transportation tech (reduce distance problem)

Radio: box allowing ppl to hear the raw news being delivered; no filter; rather than newspaper

Television: see AND hear the news

Cellular Technology: ability to communicate instantly globally

Social Media: platforms democratize communica; gave ppl platform to speak and gain audience; allow world to know feeling of others;  Insta, Facebook, Snap, Twitter

→ Arab Spring: series of anti-gov protest across Arab world; documented on cell phones/ social media

Air travel: airplanes used to travel in the air faster; transport good faster

Massive shipping containers: loaded in bulk and transported across the sea; more goods, fast

2.) Energy tech (^prod of material goods)

Nuclear Energy: power using nuclear energy; more renewable

Petroleum: non-renewable resource releasing pollution

3.) Agri tech (sustain ^pop)

Green Revolution: resolution where scientist dev new kinds of grain and wheat that yielded more abundant harvest and resistance to pest

→ Genetic Engineering: the modification of the cellular organization of crops

→ Fertilizers/ Pesticides/ Irrigation: used to increase crop production

Commercial farming: farming for the world wide population

4.) Medical tech (longevity)