Chapter 4 How Technology Is Changing Our Lives

DOI: 10.4324/9781003439691-5

Suppose today we want to take an innovative and technological approach to what is happening to our habits. In that case, we cannot ignore how new specialized tools are changing our social, economic, and relational situations.

If we take a step back and compare today’s world with the pre-industrial era of the 1800s, we can better understand the progressive change in our habits and, in a way, a detachment from the real world.

Man in the 1800s was part of the social, economic, and productive context, knowing the dynamics also related to the sense of survival. Man was also a participant and able to deal with issues related to breeding, agriculture, and craftsmanship; elements ...

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