Technology as a geological phenomenon: implications for human well-being
Technology as a geological phenomenon: implications for human well-being
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10.1144/sp395.4
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2014-01-01
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Haff, P. K.
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Haff, P. K.
技术圈是一套相互关联的通信、运输、官僚和其他系统，它们发挥作用，使化石燃料和其他能源新陈代谢，被认为是一种新兴的全球范式，与岩石圈、大气圈、水圈和生物圈有相似之处。技术圈是全球性的，表现出对物质和能源的大规模占用，表现出为自己使用环境产生的信息的倾向，并且是自治的。与旧的范式不同，技术圈尚未发展出回收自身废物流的能力。除非或直到它这样做，否则它作为范例的地位仍然是暂时的。人类是技术圈的“一部分”--系统功能所必需的子组件。从人类的内部来看，技术圈被视为一个衍生的、受控制的结构。从外部来看，技术圈是一种地质现象，它似乎是一个准自治系统，其动态约束着人类部分的行为。从地质学的角度看技术，可以看出为什么只考虑人的需求而不同时考虑技术的要求，特别是对丰富能源供应的需要，限制环境破坏的战略可能会失败。
The technosphere, the interlinked set of communication, transportation, bureaucratic and other systems that act to metabolize fossil fuels and other energy resources, is considered to be an emerging global paradigm, with similarities to the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. The technosphere is of global extent, exhibits large-scale appropriation of mass and energy resources, shows a tendency to co-opt for its own use information produced by the environment, and is autonomous. Unlike the older paradigms, the technosphere has not yet evolved the ability to recycle its own waste stream. Unless or until it does so, its status as a paradigm remains provisional. Humans are 'parts' of the technosphere - subcomponents essential for system function. Viewed from the inside by its human parts, the technosphere is perceived as a derived and controlled construct. Viewed from outside as a geological phenomenon, the technosphere appears as a quasi-autonomous system whose dynamics constrains the behaviour of its human parts. A geological perspective on technology suggests why strategies to limit environmental damage that consider only the needs of people are likely to fail without parallel consideration of the requirements of technology, especially its need for an abundant supply of energy.