Explain the differences between hard technology and soft technology- G.docx
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The document explains the differences between hard technology and soft technology, defining them based on the necessity of human intervention. Soft technology is flexible and promotes creativity, while hard technology is rigid and autonomous. The distinction emphasizes the implications of technology on human interaction and the state of the world.
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- 1. Explain the differences between hard technology and soft technology. Give some examples. Solution The distinction made is as follows. What makes a technology soft or hard is the degree to which the orchestration of the phenomena is actively executed by humans. Soft technology requires human intervention to achieve the purposes for which it was designed: it is flexible and nedeed, and so, supports creativity and change. In contrast, hard technology is rigid and complete, containing both the processes and methods to accomplish the purpose for which it is designed. The distinction seems important to me. The hardness or softness of the technology is not described by its degree of materiality. There are human process consisting of hard technologies, consider the manufacturing processes that require a human doing the same ever and in all its operations. The Internet could be a soft technology as offering great potential for expression and interaction with others. The distinction that points Dron has to do with the effects and implications for the state of the world and humans. To the extent that we harden the technology, the human becomes part of a machinery and the world