Technology is a Friend of Humankind

Technology is a Friend of Humankind

Technology is important in our world today. Terry Tempest William’s “The Clan of One-breasted Women” is about women having breast cancer because of bomb testing from 1952- 1961 in Utah. In this case technology has a negative effect on the human race. On the other hand, “The Technology of Medicine” by Lewis Thomas is about money and the technology of medicine. There are three different levels of technology in medicine according to Thomas and they are “nontechnology,” “halfway technology” (582), and “technology of modern medicine” (583). It is obvious that technology benefits humankind with cures for diseases and prevention of sickness. Without technology, medicine would not be as advanced and there would not be as many medical procedures as there are today. By using technology, doctors have found out how to prevent certain diseases or viruses by immunizations. In fact, the human race needs to have technology to advance the medical field, as disclosed in Richard Selzer’s “Sarcophagus” about surgery, from the doctor’s point of view, showing all of the technology he uses during procedure. All these essays have examples on how technology benefits human kind. Therefore, technology is a friend of humankind, when used with restrictions, because it has made improvements in medicine and has proved its usefulness in hospitals.

There is no doubt that technology has to be used with restrictions because of what has happened with the bomb testing in Utah. Between the 1950s and 1960s the government decided to test nuclear bombs in a deserted area in Utah. Because of testing this technology out it has cost a whole clan of women to be diagnosed with breast cancer. As Williams puts it, “Children grow...

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...es. Though technology has gotten humanity far, there is still a lot more information to be discovered. Without medical technology, many people would have died of diseases because of inadequate treatment. Therefore, technology has been a friend of humankind and will continue to be even a greater friend in the future.

Works Cited

Klass, Perri. “Macho”. The McGraw Hill Reader. 8th ed. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. New York: McGraw Hill, 2003. 577-580.

Selzer, Richard. “Sarcophagus”. The McGraw Hill Reader. 8th ed. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. New York: McGraw Hill, 2003. 564-570.

Thomas, Lewis. “The Technology of Medicine”. The McGraw Hill Reader. 8th ed. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. New York: McGraw Hill, 2003. 581-585.

Willams, Terry Tempest. “The Clan of One-breasted Women”. The McGraw Hill Reader. 8th ed. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. New York: McGraw Hill, 2003. 598-604.