The Recent Negative Effect Of Technology On Society

The Recent Negative Effect of Technology on Society

Ever since the Industrial revolution, technology has been changing at a

fast pace. People are always wanting a better lifestyle therefore there is

always something new arising so humans can cope with their physical environment.

One of the most important breakthroughs for technology was the agricultural

system. The agricultural system was the basis for the technology of the future.

The agricultural system brought on the need for transportation, workers and even,

battles over land. The need for transportation brought vehicles into the market.

The need for employees brought mechanical robots into society. Battles over

land brought on the need for sophisticated weapons. The agricultural system

brought on a revolution. The invention of the television can bring media and

other forms of entertainment into your house with video and audio combined.

Before 1950, newspapers and radio were the only ways to bring media or

entertainment into the house. Mass production and other job opportunities

brought many people from the suburbs and farms into the city. We can now have

forms of electricity directed into our houses for heating and light. Humans are

more reliant on technology then ever before. All of these technological

advances sound great, however, there is a negative effect to all this technology.

Technology can serve to actually harm humans rather then help them. Competition

between companies or even cities can sometimes make lives for humans even worse.

Take for example when a city builds better and more roads to attract tourists.

This actually creates more traffic, not less. Technology also changes our sense

of common purpose. New inventions such as the personal computer and machines

can change our lifestyles. Even things we take for granted such as the

automobile have negative effects on technology. The oil needed for a car to run

needs to be imported and sometimes accidents such as the Exxon Valdez incident

spills many gallons of oil into the ocean. All of these examples show how

technology has negative effects on society.

First, competition can lead to a negative effect of technology. When a

company in the U.S. produces shoes and a company in Great Britain produces shoes

as well, they must fight for their market share...

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...n conclusion, society has recently seen the negative effects of

society. Competition between cities and companies has taken away jobs and

brought unwanted and costly projects into pleasurable areas. A change in

lifestyle among almost every human being is yet another negative effect of

technology. What has happened to people since supermarkets came to town?

People do not want to hunt for food anymore. They find it much easier to walk

into a store and purchase it. A third reason why technology has a negative

effect on society is the advent of highly reliant possessions such as the

automobile. Many people count on traveling to work everyday by car. If the car

was somehow taken away from people then there would be chaos. It is much too

late to take it away. Humans are much too reliant on it. There is not enough

mass transit to transport all of the present car users. Hopefully, future

technologies will be fully considered. We must look at the advantages and

consequences and measure if society will benefit or suffer from the technology.

Past technologies weren't fully considered and if they were, there is a chance

that the automobile never would have went into production.