Quote from: shield132 on April 02, 2024, 08:37:18 AM

Yeah, the point is to increase the productivity of workers but to be fair, it's insane when they expect factory and warehouse workers to work the whole 6.5 hours without any 1-2 minute breaks. I have done physical labour and I know how big the pressure is to work, they expect you to carry 20kg boxes every second for 7 hours. I call it slavery. I studied UI/UX design and got a good job. Now I get a high salary and I am not watched and forced to work every single second. During the 8-hour shift, I take a 2-3 minute break any time I wish to rest my eyes and I also have 1.5 hours of paid break time.

I don't mean to be snide but technology can't be blamed for our messed up work ethics. We ourselves are killing it. Technology can be put to wonderful use. How we use it is just sad. And then, we blame it for our laid back work ethics. All we have to do is learn to strike a balance between our work and the usage of technology. When the perfect balancing sense is achieved, you'll be amazed to see the outcome. Many of us take for granted that technology is the brightest spot in the economy, where most of the innovation and job creation occurs. But if you look more broadly at the impact of technology across every industry, it doesn’t look so great. Technology makes businesses more efficient, often by eliminating the need for repetitive tasks and the workers who do them. We are not replacing those jobs with enough new, higher-skilled ones to make up for the loss.
The use of technology has risen both in our schools, colleges and throughout society; hence, addressing technology's ethics is necessary. It is not new for our educational institution to preach ethics. Still, as education technology's use increased the complexity of the educators' task, schools can play a vital role in helping the children understand the values, policies, and laws applicable to the rapidly changing information technology-dependent world. The teachers or instructors must be aware of the importance of technology ethics-related issues. As it is rightly said, "technology will not replace great teachers, but technology in the hands of great teachers can be transformational." Hence, it is in the teachers' hands to ensure that the leaders and the decision-makers of tomorrow are well equipped to make the difficult ethical decisions they would undoubtedly face.