The issue stated that humanity has made little progress in spite of technological innovations over the past centuries. It is true that technology have made many errors to threaten humanity. However I do not wholly agree that technological innovation has not contributed to improve humanity. The development of technology helps to enhance quality of life but also introduces more bright future, solving problems that we confront today.
Admittedly, we cannot overlook the side effect of technological innovations. Advanced technology has made problems threatening human life such as environment and nuclear weapon.
London Smog, occurred in 1990s, shows that many industry made serious problems like air contamination, and river pollution. At that time, due to many pollutants from factory and company, the air of London was mixed with unknown chemicals and finally resulted in air pollution and respiration diseases for people. Also, atom bomb, which was fell on two cities in Japan, destroyed 70,000 facilities among 90000 buildings. People suffered mortal after-effect of radiation. These cas...
...nd again resulting in creation of bigger markets and pulling large competitors and creating new job opportunities, but the problem is with undefined factors like outsourcing, lack of skill development in respect with technology advancement. Technology advancement may be causing huge impact on employment but it is also making human living better. Technology as became part and parcel of our life so we can’t think of life without technology, but to make sure that the same does not harm our livelihood we should keep in track and sharpen and hone our skills with advancement of technology. (Brynjolfsson & McAfee, 2011)
On December 5, 1952, the residents of London woke up to a chilly, clear morning. However, as the day went on, a fog slowly settled over the city. While fog was hardly uncommon for the damp London environment, as the day went on the fog slowly became thicker and thicker, even taking on a sickly, yellowish hue towards the middle of the day. This fog, so dense that people couldn’t even see their feet on the ground, refused to let up for a full five days in the breezeless city (Klein). Traffic was completely disrupted (excluding the Underground transport), local events and concerts had to be canceled, and people were forced to stay inside for fear of getting lost or suffocated in the thick mist. Not only was the routine of the city disrupted, but the fog had terrible health effects on several of the residents. The smog damaged the health of both the elderly and the very young, and had long lasting effects on the city as a whole. This smog was the Killer Fog of 1952, one of the most deadly environmental
In today's world, technology is constantly changing from a new paperclip to an improvement in hospital machinery. Technology lets people improve the way they live so that they can preserve their own personal energy and focus on the really important factors in life. Some people focus their energy on making new innovations to improve transportation and the health of people that may save lives and some people focus on making new designs of packaging CDS. Technology is significant in everyone's life because it rapidly changes what is in the market. But, some new innovations of technology are ridiculous because they serve no purpose in helping mankind.
Technological innovation is now one of the most basic motivations in developing the human society. However, some technological growth is worrisome, especially digital technologies, because a lot of intellectuals claim that technology is changing the human mind and these changes are probably not all positive. Nicholas Carr, one of the intellectuals I’m referring to, uses his personal experiences to tell the worrisome about the convenience we gain from the developing technologies is changing our minds, and probably destroying our abilities of independent thinking. Obviously, Carr ignores the positive impacts of technology which are more effective than the negative impacts he focuses on. The technology development is still one of the most important
I believe that technology has harmed society negatively due to the fact that people aren't able to do personal tasks on their own. In the text, “ There will
The human race is held ransom; there is no escape root by its own creation. The rate at which technological advancement happens is alarming. There is no knowing where this frenzy will end and what remains is the painful fact that unless something decisively courageous is done to halt this obsession, humanity faces an imminent obliteration by its own creations – technology.
My only contention with the author’s point of view is that technology is not the only culprit. The only thing we can truly blame technology for is enhancing our true
Technology has become so heavily integrated into our society, that if you stop and take a good look around you, chances are, those in your vicinity are most likely using some form of technology or another in their daily lives. This generation—my generation grows as technology does. It has become integrated into most of our lives—our education, and even has the ability to influence our decisions depending on what forms of technology people intentionally use. That being said, certain types of individuals (those who are introverted, versus those who are extroverted) may be attracted to different types of social media, the individual qualities they possess, and the possible benefits that the website can offer. Because the technology on our phones and laptops are so easily accessible, and extremely relevant, it may be important to study how certain personality types are more inclined to be attracted to certain types of Social Media.
During the winter of 1952-1953, London came face to face with the “heaviest winter smog episode known to men.” (Environmental disasters) During the weeks leading to this even London had been experiencing colder than usual weather. Because of the cold weather, households were burning more coal to keep their families warm. This caused “additional coal combustion and many people travelled only by car, which caused the occurrence of a combination of black soot, sticky particles of tar and gaseous sulphur dioxide.” (Environmental disasters) During this event the numbers of deaths per day increased to a nine times the normal number in some cities. The smog approximately killed 12,000 people. Most of the victims were children and elderly people.
Due to the limited scope of this paper, I limited my essay to the negative effects of technology on
Abstract- A tragedy that was a catastrophe and had no parallel in the world’s industrial history. Tons of toxic gas was leaked and spread throughout the city. An estimated 10,000 people died and 500,000 suffered injuries with disastrous effect. (Bhushan, 2014)
Through this quote, a very extraordinary message is expressed, that of which is that although technology is very beneficial in the sense that it makes life much easier for us, if used inappropriately, it can also be as destructive as it is helpful. For example, a car helps us get around from point A to point B much faster than walking. Over the years, it has improved its durability and safety to better suit humans and their demanding requirements. However, there have been numerous accidents and many lives have been lost due to the automobile. This shows that if misused, cars can cause more destruction than they can help. The same goes for any technology. If any technology is misused, it can cause more destruction than it can help. The destruction may not be only death, but a variety of other things.
The evolution of technology has changed society in both positive and negative ways. People all over the world use and benefit from modern technology. Technology has simplified the access to many tools people need in education, medicine, communication, transportation, etc. However, using it too often has its drawbacks as well. In most cases, the time of finishing projects is cut by more than half with the help of technology. Many people do not realize that technology has its negative affects society as well, and its rapid advances has changed life for worse in a number of different ways.
Albert Einstein once said, “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” Technology is a controversial topic, some say we are depending in excess from gadgets and devices. However, if it wasn’t for technology we wouldn’t be able to experience many benefits.
First of all, let?s examine the consequences of modern technology on the environment. Modern technology indeed has harmed the environment. It created bulldozers, cranes, guns, nuclear weapons and other dangerous equipments that have been used by man to clear forests for the sake of urbanization. Nuclear weapons that have been used in wars such as the one that was detonated in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 has left a huge impact on the environment.