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Technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ways. In many societies, technology has helped develop more advanced economies (including today's global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many technological processes produce unwanted by-products, known as pollution, and deplete natural resources, to the detriment of the Earth and its environment. Various implementations of technology influence the values of a society and new technology often raises new ethical questions. Examples include the rise of the notion of efficiency in terms of human productivity, a term originally applied only to machines, and the challenge of. | ELSEVIER HI I II KMOKIII HI IM MANX D A Taylor introduction to . Marine Engineering REVISED SECOND EDITION Introduction to Marine Engineering This page intentionally left .