The Advantages & Disadvantages of Technology

                                            the latter part of the 20th century saw

the start of a new revolution in

technology that seemed every bit as

powerful as the Industrial R

evolution

that preceded it the impacts and

developments of the new 20th century

technologies are not easy to assess as

they are still very much part of an

ongoing process that may well only just

be beginning the new technologies that

have caused such a people are

interrelated and overlap to some degree

they include computers new communication

technologies digitally formats

multifunctional devices new military

weapons the advantages of Technology one

thanks to the internet and mobile

technologies we can communicate with

anyone in the world and form

relationships with people who are some

distance away rather than being limited

to people within our physical vicinity

this has some great positives for both

work and home life to the increased

automation of manufacturing and many

other jobs

thanks to computers means greater

efficiency less people doing boring

repetitive jobs and an increase in

flexibility regarding work times many

jobs can now be done remotely thanks to

the internet with many workers

increasingly being able to work from

home at times of their choosing 3 the

wealth of information that is now

available is astonishing in theory at

least having access to the Internet

means having access to almost all of the

world's knowledge increasingly we don't

even need to be sat at a desk to access

the information either as mobile devices

become more and more powerful for the

entertainment industry has experienced a

revolution consumers now have an

credible choice of movies shows games

music and other entertainment available

24/7 the music and film industries have

been democratized as artists are no

longer reliant on companies to fund and

promote them as they can do it all

themselves five technology can now be

used to advance itself science is

benefitting massively from the lightning

speeds that computers can perform

calculations and investigate complex

questions that would take humans many

lifetimes to answer medical

breakthroughs chemical and astronomical

discoveries have all been made due to

computers six modern technology saves us

lots of time whether it's our computer

regulated cars driving us to work

washing machines to do our laundry or

automated banking to allow us to pay by

credit card use internet banking or get

cash out from the ATM 7 computer

regulation and automation means that

many devices and machines now function

much more efficiently and use less power

either because they are working at the

most efficient rate or they

automatically switch themselves off when

not in use this provides benefits for

the environments as well as being a cost

saver the disadvantages of technology

one human relations are diminished in

the virtual world as online social

networking increasingly replaces real

face-to-face and physical contact

alienation can increase as well as

problems such as cyber bullying online

stalking and cybercrime which are

related to the anonymity of the Internet

to human beings are less and less valued

in the workplace as their roles are

replaced by computers outsourcing has

meant bigger profits for companies but a

decline in wages and conditions and more

unemployment for ordinary workers

especially in Western nations

multinational corporations are

increasingly impossible to control by

individual nation states three issues of

privacy have become huge as it becomes

increasingly difficult to control

personal information in the digital and

Internet world financial details can be

hacked into candid photos or videos

posted on the web slurs and accusations

made against people's characters and

personal identities can be stolen for

intellectual property theft and piracy

have made it more and more difficult for

creative people to make any money from

their output media can be digitalized

and then distributed across the internet

very easily and the process seems

impossible to control ultimately it will

lead to a decline in artistic and

creative quality as people no longer

have the time in funds to pursue

projects five modern societies are

increasingly dependent on technology so

much so that many basic services such as

hospitals power grids airports rail and

road transport systems and military

defenses can now be knocked out by cyber

attack or a catastrophic failure humans

would be almost helpless if the

technology was taken away overnight

6 we are increasingly becoming

overwhelmed by the information overload

that modern technology brings as we are

bombarded by irrelevant emails cells

telephone calls text messages internet

advertising etc rather than saving us

time new technology means that we are

expected to process more and more

information and work even more

intensively 7 technology brings with it

all sorts of environmental problems as

well as machines and devices often being

made from toxic or non biodegradable

materials most technologies need a power

source which can often mean an increase

in the consumption of electricity and

fossil fuels

eight technology has a general

dehumanizing effect as well as in the

workplace the military is increasingly

becoming more technological an example

is pilotless drone aircraft which can

attack and kill people with the

controller many thousands of miles away.