1. Physiological needs –
Air, food, drink, shelter, clothes, warmth, sex, and sleep are biological necessities for human survival.
The human body cannot function optimally if these demands are not met. Physiological needs are the most important, according to Maslow, because all other wants are secondary until these are addressed.
Many people consider technology as important as food, air, and water.
2. Safety needs –
Once an individual’s physiological demands are met, security and safety become more important. In their daily lives, people seek order, predictability, and control. These requirements can be met by the family and society (e.g. police, schools, business and medical care).
Emotional security, financial security (e.g., job, social welfare), law and order, fearlessness, social stability, property, and health and well-being (e.g., safety from accidents and injury) are only a few examples.
Authentication tools, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, antivirus and encryption software are some of the tools and technologies used to assist protect against or monitor intrusion for individual safety of data
3. Love and belongingness needs –
Following the physiological and safety needs, the third level of human wants is social, which includes feelings of belonging. A human emotional need for interpersonal interactions, affiliating, togetherness, and being a part of a group is referred to as belongingness.
Friendship, intimacy, trust, and acceptance, as well as receiving and giving affection and love, are all examples of belongingness demands.
ICT has bee applicable in enhancing love and belonging especially in communication
4. Esteem needs
Self-worth, accomplishment, and respect make up the fourth level of Maslow’s hierarchy. Maslow divided esteem needs into two categories: self-esteem (dignity, achievement, mastery, independence) and esteem for others (reputation or respect) (e.g., status, prestige).
For children and teenagers, the need for respect or reputation is the most crucial, according to Maslow, and it comes before true self-esteem or dignity.
Well conversant with digital skill boots somebody’s self -esteem among others and can help in securing employment
5. Self-actualization needs
Are the highest levels in Maslow’s hierarchy, and pertain to a person’s potential realization, self-fulfillment, personal progress, and peak experiences. This level is defined by Maslow (1943) as the desire to achieve everything one can, to become the best one can be.
This desire may be perceived or focused on quite specifically by individuals. One person, for example, may have a tremendous desire to be the perfect parent. In another, the desire may be manifested in terms of money, academics, or athletics. Others may convey their feelings through art, such as paintings, photographs, or inventions.
With the most recent technology devices and skills some people fell self-actualized
Humans and technologies both follow the same path from basic input/output to a desire for complete autonomy…. (Physiological requirements) > (Simple Input/Output) Almost all technologies begin with the conversion of some sort of input into useful output.
Many people will value technology as much as they value food, air, and water. There will be people who place technology on a par with safety concerns, and so on. There will always be those who regard technology to be at the pinnacle of human development.