The premise
Technological change is inherent to human progress. Technology, by definition, serves to augment human capacities and in so doing alters the environment in which we act. In a very real way, social reality and technology co-evolve or are co-constructed. It could be said that the industrial and information revolutions have fundamentally transformed the functioning and conception of human society. Further, the relentless pace of technical and industrial advancement over the last century has redefined the relationship between human beings and the natural world. Technology is a dominant fashioner of reality, influencing social arrangements, goals, and assumptions in a way that profoundly affects collective development, individual behaviour, and the ecosystems upon which we depend. Its multifarious impacts thus must be carefully scrutinized.
"Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being, and are conducive to its exaltation. Knowledge is as wings to man’s life, and a ladder for his ascent."
A few things you should know
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Behind the scenes
Ahmad Vegah is a Lead Software Engineer and Consultant with 5 years of experience in academic and industry environments. He has supported the successful delivery of engineering, manufacturing, and energy management projects in the UK. With his background in software engineering, implementing and administering service-oriented architectures as well as developing new distributed mechanisms and algorithms for data acquisition and near real-time data stream analytics, supported by management and business experience he has helped shape business strategies, multidiscipline and service project delivery, in addition to informing client organisations strategic objectives and requirements.
He has held roles in driving business improvement initiatives, strategy, and leadership development across a range of client sectors and discipline areas. As part of his leadership role contributions he has contributed to enhancing the technical and quality aspects of services while also playing a key part in team and staff development through management, mentoring and provision of formal training across different settings. He has published technical papers in relation to Industry 4.0, information, and knowledge management. Ahmad is proficient in object-oriented, procedural, imperative and declarative programming languages. He spends his free time tinkering with computer vision and 3D modelling technologies.