Tecnología y bienestar
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Universidad Industrial de Santander
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La tecnología es responsable de la transformación del hombre y de la humanidad; es una respuesta innata al empeño de los individuos por vivir en el mundo y “estar bien”. No obstante, el crecimiento económico de las naciones –entendido por muchos como el mejoramiento del bienestar de sus ciudadanos y el desarrollo tecnológico– presenta una relación fuerte con el deterioro del medioambiente y las consecuencias adversas que podría acarrear para todo el planeta. Teniendo en cuenta lo anterior, se podría suponer que si una comunidad incrementa su bienestar su hábitat podría verse seriamente deteriorado, lo cual establece una clara contradicción entre “bienestar” y la calidad del “estar”, esta última definida como la existencia física del ser humano en el hoy y en el ahora. Por todo lo anterior, este trabajo pretende identificar qué tipo de relación tienen la innovación tecnológica y el bienestar humano. Para ello, se reflexionó acerca de la necesidad de “bienestar” inherente del hombre, la innovación tecnológica ligada a este estado de bienestar y sus consecuencias en el “estar” mismo. Se concluye que existe una relación muy estrecha, ya que la innovación tecnológica hace parte de la esencia de la raza humana; sin embargo, mientras el desarrollo de la tecnología esté orientado por intereses particulares, ligados a poderes económicos y políticos, la relación entre “bienestar” y la calidad del “estar” tendrán una relación inversa. La evolución del concepto de “bienestar” definido por Marcuse requiere el cambio del estilo de vida, y de esta forma la innovación debería estar enfocada en el diseño de tecnología menos nociva –amigable con el medioambiente–, que les permita a todos vivir bien, que no simplemente vivir mejor.
Technology is responsible for man and humanity transformation; it is a natural response to human beings’ efforts to live in this world and “being well”. Nevertheless, nations’ economic growth –understood by many as the improvement of their citizens well-being together with technological development–, shows a strong relation with environmental degradation and its adverse consequences worldwide. In view of the above, this work looks forward to identify what kind of relation has technological innovation with human well-being. To do this, it was conducted a careful reasoning on man's inherent need for "well-being", technological innovation tied to this well-being and its consequences to the "being" itself. It is concluded that there is a very close relation because technological innovation is part of the very essence of the human race; however, as long as technology development is oriented by particular interests tied to economic and political power, the relationship between "well-being " and the quality of "being" will be inversely related. The evolution of the concept of "well-being" as defined by Marcuse requires a change of lifestyle, and thus innovation should be focused on the design of less harmful technology –environmentally friendly–, allowing people to live well and not just to live better.
Technology is responsible for man and humanity transformation; it is a natural response to human beings’ efforts to live in this world and “being well”. Nevertheless, nations’ economic growth –understood by many as the improvement of their citizens well-being together with technological development–, shows a strong relation with environmental degradation and its adverse consequences worldwide. In view of the above, this work looks forward to identify what kind of relation has technological innovation with human well-being. To do this, it was conducted a careful reasoning on man's inherent need for "well-being", technological innovation tied to this well-being and its consequences to the "being" itself. It is concluded that there is a very close relation because technological innovation is part of the very essence of the human race; however, as long as technology development is oriented by particular interests tied to economic and political power, the relationship between "well-being " and the quality of "being" will be inversely related. The evolution of the concept of "well-being" as defined by Marcuse requires a change of lifestyle, and thus innovation should be focused on the design of less harmful technology –environmentally friendly–, allowing people to live well and not just to live better.
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technological development, environmental impact, quality of live, desarrollo tecnológico, impacto ambiental, calidad de vida