Plutarch, for one, likes technology, but he simply shows his thinking on the use of well-designed roads, which could only be used by the elite anyways. Frontinus’s point of view is partial in that he himself is a water commissioner, who talks about the greatness of his aqueducts. Of course he would hold a positive attitude towards his own job, otherwise he would lose his job as a water commissioner. The two sources of information explaining views oppose to the use of technology seem to criticize men who embrace skilled occupations and endeavors. Documents 5
History Essay In Han China and the Romans, both have different attitudes towards technology. Some people were happy to have technology, while others weren’t looking forward to working with tools, but despite their complaints, the Hans and the Romans people still view differently at how the technology affects their life. Some view technology as a tool to use people to get what the government want, some viewed technology as beneficial, while others wanted to help make labor easier on people. In documents 2 and 5, people were used to achieve what the government wanted. Cicero, an upper-class Roman political leader said that “vulgar and unbecoming to a gentleman”, (Doc 5) is what men are turning into.
Sangah Kwak AP World Mr. Costigan 31 October 2012 AP World History DBQ Thesis Han’s attitude toward labor and manufacturing was more lenient and acceptable than the Romans who had a more negative and uncertain view, therefore causing a general attitude of labor and technology to be positive. The Han government official of the Han Dynasty in the 2nd century B.C.E says that technology is an advantage towards the government, the people, and empire which results in the invention of the aqueducts and other engineering needs. The Han government official explains that technology is beneficial because it is a key to the regulation of the government, it is an essential part of the empire, and requires government intervention. (D#1) The Han government official, Huan Guan, in the 1st century B.C.E, illustrates that the government developed sub-standard tools because of monopolies and explains that a strong government should adjust the situation. Huan Guan says that technology is an essential part of peasant production and the government is responsible for its suppor.
Around the dawn of the first millennium, the Han and Roman attitudes toward technology were both of self betterment, however the Han Empire in China placed a much greater worth on technological enhancements than the Roman Empire did. However, it should be noted that every document was written by someone of the upper class, giving no insight into how people of lesser status felt towards technology. This, plus the fact that there are no female perspectives, shows how only a very narrow segment of a larger society felt towards technological advancement. An additional document from either would provide only further to help the understanding of societal attitudes to technology. The Han's view of technology was very self glorifying.
Each built their own roads to help the military and built walls, for instance the Great Wall of China in Han China, to protect themselves from invasions. The economy of each civilization differed because Han had much recourse while Rome only had metals. This gave Han a great boost because they did not have to rely on other countries as much. Rome and Han shared the same social view of the male
Secondary The theory ignores a secondary theory, this is due to the fact that our lives are now involved in technology, to the point which we no longer are able to interact with each other, but we are able to type a message or send a video in order to communicate. Social Class: By the late 20th century people did not feel that they had to define their self, based on the success they had, an example would be that a middle class citizen would have to work hard to earn the class of middle, and that was their success, however they believed that any success they had, such as good health, was a part of them. Social Expectations: Postmodernism expected people to be able to sell different items for a profit, for example, people from the HGP (Human Genome Project) were aiming to identify the genes of a human before another, which would mean they would ‘own’ part of the human gene, which they owned and
The “harm” Emerson speaks of is that society, with machines, will no longer with self-sufficient. As “improved machinery” progresses people will become more reliant on the machines, rather than themselves. The “good” of machinery is the efficiency of it. Yet, when it comes to efficiency versus self-sufficiency, self-sufficiency triumphs. This is because Transcendentalists believe the only way to find peace is by being self- reliant.
The New Right also believe that they only encourage diversity in family types and therefore are bad for society. State policies and laws can be seen as assisting the family in things such as childcare therefore they are a good impact on family life. An example of this is the ‘working family tax credit’, which was developed to remove child poverty and focus benefits on children in need. Functionalists see this policy as a benefit to society, as it encourages families to form and helps parents with socialising and raising the next generation (financially). However, Marxists would disagree and say that this policy as it supports the working class mostly therefore encourages people to work at the benefit of capitalism.
Although the only reason why Stalin thought this was because the workers during the NEP gave false figures of resource production to the government, the workers did this because they were scared that if they didn’t meet the targets set by Stalin then they would be punished severely. On the contrary Stalin delivered a speech that he was going to better Lenin’s achievements by a long run, his reason for this was that he didn’t want to be portrayed as Lenin’s pupil any longer because he was so confident he was going to be a lot more successful than Lenin. This gained Stalin a great deal of social belief and popularity, it also boosted the morale of the Russian population that as a country they would now become a
Immigrants allow Americans to work jobs that pay well without having to do unwanted work. Someone has to clean the toilets; immigrants decrease the chances of Americans doing these jobs because they are so willing to do them. In addition, America is really working against itself. The blame for America’s short comings should not be placed on foreigners. The U.S. needs to accept the fact that immigration is very beneficial.