Though technologies might influence social development, customs and ethics, it can even affect individual behaviors. However, it's hard to state technology is the decisive factor of social customs and ethics which are too complicated to be determined only by one element.
Admittedly, the human society and science has developed in a tremendous speed during the past century due to the development of technology. Those great inventions have played a key role in our daily life. For example, the invention of airplane has shortened distance between people; the mobile phone has affected our communication; development of biologic and medicine has made some difficult diseases can be treated. Moreover, with the development of industry technology, a great increase has showed in productivity and many work labors has been pulled out from the heavy and repeating works.
However, social customs and ethics are the foundation of society and the change in them and their re-interpretation are hardly determined by the new technology development.
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