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    Technological advancements have revolutionized daily life through increased digital usage, but this has also increased our digital carbon footprint. Every click and data transfer produces greenhouse gas emissions, with the internet emitting 1.6 billion annual tons. As the Information Age continues advancing rapidly, we must adopt sustainable digital practices and not ignore the environmental impact. While technology provides conveniences, it also increases pollution and impacts natural resources as physical items become digitized. The role of science and technology in society is important, as they research to improve lives, but scientists must work to maintain public trust by being transparent in both successes and limitations.

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    Technological advancements have revolutionized daily life through increased digital usage, but this has also increased our digital carbon footprint. Every click and data transfer produces greenhouse gas emissions, with the internet emitting 1.6 billion annual tons. As the Information Age continues advancing rapidly, we must adopt sustainable digital practices and not ignore the environmental impact. While technology provides conveniences, it also increases pollution and impacts natural resources as physical items become digitized. The role of science and technology in society is important, as they research to improve lives, but scientists must work to maintain public trust by being transparent in both successes and limitations.

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    Technological advancements have revolutionized daily life through increased digital usage, but this has also increased our digital carbon footprint. Every click and data transfer produces greenhouse gas emissions, with the internet emitting 1.6 billion annual tons. As the Information Age continues advancing rapidly, we must adopt sustainable digital practices and not ignore the environmental impact. While technology provides conveniences, it also increases pollution and impacts natural resources as physical items become digitized. The role of science and technology in society is important, as they research to improve lives, but scientists must work to maintain public trust by being transparent in both successes and limitations.

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    Technological advancements have revolutionized daily life through increased digital usage, but this has also increased our digital carbon footprint. Every click and data transfer produces greenhouse gas emissions, with the internet emitting 1.6 billion annual tons. As the Information Age continues advancing rapidly, we must adopt sustainable digital practices and not ignore the environmental impact. While technology provides conveniences, it also increases pollution and impacts natural resources as physical items become digitized. The role of science and technology in society is important, as they research to improve lives, but scientists must work to maintain public trust by being transparent in both successes and limitations.

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    Technological advancements will surely affect the environment.

    What do you think of the effect of


    the Information Age on the environment, now and in the future?

    Our daily lives have been revolutionized by the usage of technology in an increasingly digital
    environment. Alongside, is the presence of our digital carbon footprint which is the CO2 emissions
    resulting from the production, use, and data transfer of digital devices and infrastructure.

    According to an article, “Why your internet habits are not as clean as you think,” our digital carbon
    footprint affects our environment as the internet emits 1.6 billion annual tons of greenhouse gas
    emissions. This just shows how every single click is energy-hungry and has an impact that we do not
    see, but that, indeed, we should not ignore anymore. Thus, we should not neglect to adopt sustainable
    digital practices as this Information Age is inevitable, rapidly changing, and will continue to live within
    us.

    Technological advancements can affect the environment in terms of pollution and emission due to the
    electricity they consume. It also affects our natural resources, if everything we need is inside of one
    technology, what will be the use of our natural resources? Like the paper we need is slowly turning
    into digital. How much more for the future information age? Technology is teaching a person to just
    do everything conveniently yourself with the help of technology.

    Do you think social media as a technology is a boon or a bane to societal development?

    Good question. I believe it has its pros and cons. social media are simply a tool to communicate and
    share ideas or opinions. The question is more acceptable phrased as whether or not humanity has
    used it to greater benefit or cause harm.

    The Internet is an instrument created to make communication possible at an increasing large rate.
    Social media has just highlighted the opinions of others that were already there. People have already
    had a majority of the opinions they post online and take a little corrosion to convince them to tell
    something they already had within the back of their mind.

    You can see the different opinions based on where an individual lives because it's moulded by the
    environment that surrounds them. The best positive benefit I see is visibility. We may not like what
    we see under the microscope but using observations made using that tool we've made great
    scientific strides.

    Social media makes it easier to see the problems within our society, and in doing so it becomes that
    much easier to better it. Aside from that, increased connectivity/planning/information sharing with
    those I care about, it's a convenient supplement to real-life socialization.
    Last February 2019, a measles outbreak was declared in several areas in the Philippines. Some
    linked this outbreak with the decreasing number of children vaccinated, as a consequence of
    public mistrust on the ethical practice and safety concerning vaccines brought by the Dengvaxia
    controversy in 2017.

    With the above case in mind, write your opinion on what is the role and responsibility of science
    and technology (or sciences and technology) to society.

    In this day and age, science and technology have made life easier for humans, making us feel more at
    ease and allowing us to live a more modernized style of life. But as we experience living in this
    pandemic, science has lost the trust of the public through researchers’ painful missteps and slowed
    the development of the vaccines, these results for the public to believe in hearsays and generate their
    logic.

    According to a Pew Research Center poll conducted in September 2020, Americans were evenly
    divided on whether they would obtain a COVID-19 vaccination if one were available now. The science
    of vaccine development will fail if people are not willing to believe it sufficiently to become vaccinated.
    Therefore, scientists and society must work together to ensure that this time of uncertainty and
    upheaval leads to a new era of solutions that enrich the lives and well-being of us all.

    Scientist is important in a society because they are the ones who research as they use the scientific
    method to make a community work. Meanwhile, a technologist is helpful to society like from our
    experience of the outbreak where we are limited to do something, their works helped us to continue
    life, continue living.
    References:

    Evangelidis & Davies (2021, December 3). Are you aware of your digital foot print? Capgemini.
    Retrieved March 19, 2022 from

    https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200305-why-your-internet-habits-are-not-as-clean-as-you-
    think

    Griffiths, S. (2020, March 6). Why your internet habits are not clean as you think. BBC Future.
    Retrieved March 19, 2022 from

    https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200305-why-your-internet-habits-are-not-as-clean-as-you-
    think

    Reduce your digital carbon footing to shape the greener future. (2020, July 13). Escp.eu. Retrieved
    March 19, 2022 from

    https://escp.eu/news/reduce-your-digital-carbon-footprint-shape-greener-future#:~:text=digital
    technologies are responsible for, world's electricity consumption by 2025

    Harris, L. (2021, December 9). How to reduce your digital carbon footing. We form.Org. Retrieved
    March 19, 2022 from

    https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/12/digital-carbon-footprint-how-to-lower-electronics/

    Social Media: A Boon or a Bane for Society and Individuals. (n.d). Mangalamay.org. Retrieved March
    18,2022 from

    https://mangalmay.org/blog/social-media-a-boon-or-a-bane/

    Parikh, S. (2021, February 9). Why We Must Rebuild Trust in Science. Pew trust.org. Retrieved March
    19, 2022 from

    https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trend/archive/winter-2021/why-we-must-rebuild-trust-in-science

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