Technology: Advantage
or Disadvantage?
Technology is a
body of knowledge used to create tools, develop skills and extract or collect
materials. It is the application of science to meet an objective or solve a
problem, (National Institute of Health 2005) . The term technology
conjures up visions of things such as computers, cellular phones, spaceships,
digital video players, computer games, advanced military equipment and other
highly sophisticated machines, (Blackhurst 2001) .
We all know that technology is very past
paced. Ideas are revolving and improving. It started from hunting technology
where they used arrows and bows to an agricultural technology where they used
plows and ending to a modern technology where they used computer operated devices
and high end features of tools or products.
Modern
technology really helps the people lives. One of the main purposes of
technology revolution is to make people lives easier and faster. That is why
there are many inventions coming out. Air conditioner wants to give comfort to
people. Airplanes and high-end cars want to give a faster transportation to
people. Cellular phones want for faster communication to your love ones.
Internet wants to provide information in such one click of your mouse to your
computer. Technology also aims to improve and prolong one’s lives. Stem
cell therapy is very popular nowadays and it claims to cure diseases such as
cancer and even gives you a youthful look. There are numerous tablets and
capsules available in the market that claim to give longevity of life. The improvement
of health technologies detects the illness of the person. Doctor’s finding always accompanied by the
results made through the equipment that detects the problems of a certain person.
They used x-rays, CT scan and other method of illness detection. Technology
wants us to appreciate science and the creation of God. Spaceships and space
orbital allow us to know that there are heavenly bodies outside from the world
we live in. We appreciate moons and starts through telescope. Technology indeed
is amazing and wonderful.
However, advancement of technology gives
fear and anxiety to people.The fear of creating nuclear weapons, atomic bombs
and biological weapons that feared to be detrimental one’s lives. If these
weapons are used in a wrong way, it gives destruction to people, buildings and
even the life of the innocent animals. The creation of these weapons gives
courage to terrorists to do more terror attacks and threats to human kind.
Advancement of technology destroys relationship towards family. Computer games
separate the social life of a person. Instead of making friends and playing
basketball outside, the person focuses on computer games. Cellular phones if
not use wisely makes a person to commit infidelity towards his spouse. Indeed,
technology is a monster.
The inventors
of different inventions want to help people when they create those technologies.
Technology created for good intentions. However, the evilness and greediness of
a person made the technology invented fearful. Let us just remember that using
it too much and in a wrong way made that technology destructive. When using the
technology, just ask in yourself, how am I going to use this? Is it for good or
for destruction?
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