1. Choose one of the unprecedented stresses on the earth resources and describe how it will negatively effect the quality of life of people living in developing countries and people living in modernized countries.
I would say that the birth rate is unprecedented issue because how can we control poeple from having children. Not only is there more being born every moment but the dealth rate has declined do to advancement in health care. This pushing people out of large cities and makeing less populated area grow and moderizing the world.
2. What is the major debate around the future of market-based economies?
The debate is how are we going to monitor the market and balance everything out when the entire world is going be using the new market online from any place on the planet.
3. How has this technological revolution different the previous technological revolutions and what two factors of production and now more important than capital, labor and raw materials?
Back in the early day it was all about getting material or energy made into product and with out worry of cost and efficiency. Now here in the future we focus on product out come with low cost of transforming materials or energy into usable products.
4. What new service ideas have you had direct experience with? Drawing on your personal experience what are the benefits and drawbacks of these new service ideas?
I would have to say that the new use of cell which are now called smart phone with the ability to be a hand held computer. The use of cell has opened up the world to be able to comminucate with other rapidly at any time of day. Cell phone can now access the web and one can download apps to play game or to comminuacte with others. However with this we are now at a greater risk of people being able to know just about anything they want to know about a person.
Quote: "Even communication technology will continue leaping ahead, in both affordability and reach."
Response: What I believe this means is that technology will always be growing. Not only with it always growing but it will always be improving over time with the constant research it is hard to sya will we will end up. All the advancement that I have seen in my life time I feel good about where we may end up at. Just in a few year we have went from cd to mp3 plays that hold hundreds of songs, the out is only bright for the future.
"How far have we came already?"
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It is amazing how quickly our technology has become smaller and more powerful! I just heard on the news the other day that they are making biodegrade technology that can e inserted into a human body and once it is done doing it job will naturally disintegrate. Weird!
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