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What Has Science And Technology Brought To Mankind?

Honda's Humanoid robot "Asimo", new and improved for 2007 and showcased at CES

CES 2007 - Asimo

The Life of the Primitive Man

In the primitive times humans lived in caves, rubbed stones to create fire, hunted for daily food and traveled for miles barefoot. People were mainly focused on survival from forces of nature and beasts surrounding them. The primitive man had suffered from ignorance in their hunter-gatherer lifestyle. This situation is far from the modern convenience that we are enjoying today. People before who would think about the computer capabilities now, would be considered nuts.

The Era of Modernization

In recent years modern man’s inventions, capable of performing a variety of tasks, marvelled people. Technology satisfied the requirements to raise the standard of living of people. It constantly seems to seep its way into giving us ideas that we haven’t thought of in the past. Technology has expanded the mental horizon of people. It gives us larger possibilities to extract the potential of resources and help us evolve. This progression touched all spheres of society. This modern era has brought an entirely new type of culture and civilization. The intention of each inventor is to help people enjoy each human activity, making the world a better place.

A Glitch in the System

Two or more people before died, killed by wild animals. However, the modern beast now – a single atomic bomb, could kill thousands of people. People have discovered advances in medical science like x-rays to view the internal organs and detect illnesses but still there are more deadly diseases now than before. We have modern tools to keep our surroundings clean, yet we people are dying of pollution. Technology has brought about the degradation of our environment. We have discovered modern fertilizers that can grow more food for a rapidly growing population. We no longer hunt in the wild for food but millions of children are still dying from hunger. As powerful machines increase its complexities so does the economic field, exacerbating the problems of the poor. Knowing the advantages and disadvantages of technology makes us wonder if we are living better than our ancestors did.

References:

http://www.trcb.com/news-and-society/pure-opinion/how-has-technology-changed-our-society-4169.htm

http://scienceray.com/technology/science-at-the-service-of-mankind/

December 21, 2010 - Posted by | New, Opinion, Science & Technology, Society | , , ,

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