30"The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people's efficiency so that everyone has more leisure time."
119"When research priorities are being set for science, education, or any other area, the most important question to consider is: How many people's lives will be improved if the results are successful?"
127.The vice president for human resources at Climpson Industries sent the following recommendation to the company's president. "In an effort to improve our employees' productivity, we should implement electronic monitoring of employees' Internet use from their workstations. Employees who use the Internet from their workstations need to be identified and punished if we are to reduce the number of work hours spent on personal or recreational activities, such as shopping or playing games. By installing software to detect employees' Internet use on company computers, we can prevent employees from wasting time, foster a better work ethic at Climpson, and improve our overall profits."
186. The following is a recommendation from the director of personnel to the president of Professional Printing Company. "In a recent telephone survey of automobile factory workers, older employees were less likely to report that having a supervisor present increases their productivity. Among workers aged 18 to 29, 27 percent said that they are more productive in the presence of their immediate supervisor, compared to 12 percent for those aged 30 or over, and only 8 percent for those aged 50 or over. Clearly, if our printing company hires mainly older employees, we will increase productivity and save money because of the reduced need for supervisors."
30"The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people's efficiency so that everyone has more leisure time."
A.技术带来了效率
可以把一个图书馆的书存到电脑里,Internet
人们能够远行得益于机器
去外太空space exploration的首先是机器,才是人类
B.技术并没有增加休闲时间
人们为了掌握技术,要不断学习,要考大学,否则找不到工作。(大学证书)
技术过于复杂,坏了带来灾难
EX电脑坏了,很多老年人不懂得修,资料丢失更麻烦
EX 发电厂坏了给人们生活带来不便Due to a slip - up at the power plant, there is a five hours blackout
C.技术还有别的目标
加强人与人的交流
EX:视频聊天和写信
提高生活质量
EX:电影、电脑游戏
119"When research priorities are being set for science, education, or any other area, the most important question to consider is: How many people's lives will be improved if the results are successful?"
A.大多数情况下技术发展考虑到人类生活的提高
Genetic engineering; agriculture
可以把一个图书馆的书存到电脑里,Internet
人们能够远行得益于机器
B.有些情况下还要考虑别的问题
EX 建工厂 经济收入、失业问题 VS 环境被破坏、物种灭绝
C.有些时候很难判断对人类生活提高有多大
对一些基础性学科的研究,虽然短期内无法投入工程,无法带来经济利益,但长远来看是需要的(科研的基础)
argu 127
1.装绿坝不能防止员工浪费时间
RS:不网上购物,在上班期间出去购物;晚上玩游戏迟,迟到或影响工作效率
2.Even if 员工不浪费时间,也不一定能提高公司效益
RS:不信任distrust,complained,fail to attract and retain the most talented people;成本、产品买卖情况也影响效益
3.装绿坝的坏处
RS:电脑效率下降;绿坝的花费