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• Every living creature is meant to become what is meant to be
• Flourishing


  The highest good of human attempt to achieve our goals. It is a success as a human being when we achieved it for the betterment of our lives
• Eudaimonia


  A term connected by Aristotle to describe the peak of human's happiness that can be attained
• Science and technology continuously seep into the way people go about their daily lives
• The omnipresence of science and technology must not eclipse the basic tenets of ethics and morality
• Science and technology should allow the human person to flourish alongside scientific progress and technological development
• Elements that comprise human flourishing

  • Means to live more comfortably
  • Explore more places
  • Develop more products
  • Make more money
• Western concept of human flourishing

  Focused on the individual himself
• Eastern concept of human flourishing

  Pertains to a community-centric view
• The Greek Aristotelian view aims for eudaimonia as the ultimate good
• Science as a social endeavor

  • Scientists collaborate with other scientists to widen their perspective
  • Scientists review other scientists' articles, teach, mentor, speak at conferences, and participate in scientific societies
• Despite efforts to close out the gap between the rich and poor countries, in 2015 a report stated that the gap in growth and development just keeps on widening
• Importance of diversity and collaboration in the scientific community


  • Balances possible ideas
  • Stimulates problem solving
  • Facilitates specialization
  • Provides inspiration and motivation
  • Divides labor
• Although there is no standard measure of inequality, the report claimed that most indicators suggest widening of the growth gap slowed during the financial crisis of 2007 but is now growing again
• The increasing inequality appears paradoxical having in mind the efforts that had been poured onto the development programs designed to assist poor countries to rise from absent to slow progress
• Martin Heidegger: '"The essence of technology is by no means anything technological"'
• Since 1980, the global economy has grown by 380%, but the number of people living in poverty on less than $5 (£3.20) a day has increased by more than 1.1 billion
• Even at current levels of average global consumption, we're overshooting our planet's bio-capacity by more than 50% each year
• Instrumental definition of technology

  Technology is a means to an end
• The hard truth is that this global crisis is due almost entirely to overconsumption in rich countries
• Anthropological definition of technology


  Technology is a human activity
• De-development


  A nonconformist framework to confront the challenges of development
• Poiesis


  The act of bringing something out of concealment, revealing the truth
• Instead of pushing poorer countries to "catch up" with rich ones, we should be thinking of ways to get rich countries to "catch down" to more appropriate levels of development
• Aletheia


  Unclosedness, unconcealedness, disclosure, or truth
• We should look at societies where people live long and happy lives at relatively low levels of income and consumption not as basket cases that need to be developed towards western models, but as exemplars of efficient living
• For Heidegger, technology is a form of poiesis - a way of revealing that unconceals aletheia or the truth
• Countries with high life expectancy and low GDP per capita

  • Cuba
  • Peru
  • Ecuador
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Tunisia
• Techne


  In philosophy, it resembles the term episteme that refers to the human ability to make and perform. It also encompasses knowledge and understanding. In art, it refers to tangible and intangible aspects
• Costa Rica manages to sustain one of the highest happiness indicators and life expectancies in the world with a per capita income one-fourth that of the US
• Technology keeps on progressing due to the changing times and environment and also to the ever-progressing mind of mankind
• According to recent consumer research, 70% of people in middle- and high-income countries believe overconsumption is putting our planet and society at risk
• It would not be possible for all these technological advancements to exist if it were not for the brilliance, creativeness, and power of the mind
• Poiesis


  The act of bringing something out of concealment
• A similar majority also believe we should strive to buy and own less, and that doing so would not compromise our happiness
• Anything too much is bad. The same problem is faced by technology
• Various ethical dilemmas have been identified throughout time involving the use of different technological devices and its effects to humanity
• Techne


  The human ability to make and perform, encompasses knowledge and understanding, includes craft, acts of the mind, and poetry
• Buen vivir


  An indigenous Latin American concept of good living
• Different problems arise when either the technological device available is misused or if it was invented to produce bad results