Technology Is Taking Humanity For New And Better Heights

The rapid advancement and heavy reliance on modern technologies today is harmful to the human race because it undermines the concept of human individualism, denies the necessary qualities for deep introspection, and amplify the consequences of human error.

It is hard to imagine a modern life without technology but what if technology has more negative effects than positive on our lives. A common known fact that after the Industrial Revolution people became more dependent on technology than before. Each contemporary teenager has a cellphone or a tablet and the worst punishment for them is when their parents take it away. However, thirty years before all children played in their gardens and were not addicted to devices. Thomas Rid in “Rise of Machines’ notes that after the Industrial Revolution people were divided in two groups where the first group thinks machines are beneficial for human beings and another group think they can bring to a collapse of the world. The world is on the verge of developing

Technology has evidently transformed the world, specifically the United States. Ever since the Industrial Age, technology has become an essential part in the daily lives of Americans. The use of technology has brought both benefits and costs. Technology has produced numerous negative effects on the social, environmental, and health aspects of today’s society.

Technology and humans have been coexisting since relatively short time; however, their contact sparked constant discussions, theories, and philosophical thoughts as a major social issue. Will it ruin us or will we ruin ourselves due to its influence? These two questions and topics appear frequently, assuming that technology will undoubtedly cause some potential harm.

In this generation, it breaks people’s hearts to see the drastic change over the past decade. People don’t quite see the real purpose of life or don’t know anything but to depend on the device in their hands. Technology has had a negative effect on us since it can cause cancer, harm the environment, and fail to take an advantage of great moments of life.

New technology is developing around us every day. This new technology includes the computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, internet, robotics, artificial heart, prostheses, hybrid automobile, express trains and the like. Evidence of this new technology includes family entertainment systems, communication applications, learning applications used in school, banking tools, investment resources, and industrial competition, including group problem-solving. Our new technology is very omnipresent. These developments have proven important and necessary in our lives. Some people think that this new technology development is good; as it can benefit many people by making their lives easier and better. However, other people think this new technology is bad, because it has proven to be a burden, rather than a benefit, for those who choose to use it. Indeed, research shows that new technology has become so powerful, that we have come to strongly depend on it throughout our daily lives.

Many years ago, historians believe the future would be an amazing technologically advanced place filled with robots and time traveling. But today no one seems to be shocked by all of the advancements ("Negative Effects of Technology"). The computers are controlling minds, and humans are acting more as robots than citizens. Over the last few decades, there has been a dramatic improvement in the development and use of technology. Workplaces have gone from handwritten records to storing all information on computers. Cell phones are available at immediate disposal to contact anyone, friend or foe. But the impact computers and cell phones are leaving on society may not be for the best. There are many benefits and downfalls that the rapid increase of technology has had on society.

A text message or a phone was checked before reading this. It goes to show; technology is taking over people’s lives because everywhere someone goes technology exists. However, technology acts as a basic necessity for this generation because every question, game, or conversation happens at his or her disposal. But with the emergence of social media, people swarm Facebook or Instagram posting explicit photos or ridiculing others in order to achieve self-confidence. Technology has provided the misguided confidence society has direly waited. Do people really have such low self esteem that the number of likes dictates their popularity and looks? Nobody is to blame but him or herself for letting a piece of equipment command their lives. Everything happens on people’s phones these days. The need to go outside vanished because technology acts as a world itself. People are isolating themselves from their friends and family in order to be on Facebook. An analysis on technology reveals that technology has led to deaths, broken relationships, and insecurities.

The world today has modern technology that makes life easier and dependable on it. Technology claims a huge influence on many aspects of life: economic, social and political among others. There are both aesthetic and scientific dimensions towards technology in that those scientists and artists have worked single-handedly or together in the future and present-day like in making dimensional inventions. Although the technology has its positive on the human life, it also has its negative effects on humans. Over years now so many evils against humanity have cropped up socially, politically and even economically (Agre & Rotenberg 1998).

Albert Einstein once said “ I fear that technology will surpass our interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” Many people tend to think that technology is one of the best things to ever happen , but others believe that it is starting to have a negative effect on humanity. There are many different types of technology, but the two most commonly used are cell phones and computers. Our generation is being raised alongside technological evolution. Individuals use technology everyday for many different occasions, whether it be for work, school, or just to play video games. People don’t realize that they could outside enjoying their life and having fun, but instead they choose to stay inside on their computers or cellphones. Humans are being taught that technology is the reason behind everything that is happening in society today. Technology is supposed to make life easier for everyone. While it is true that technology contributes a lot of good to the world today, it has not came without a price. There are various negative effects that technology has caused in today’s generation. Technology is negatively affecting humankind because it is making people depressed, it is beginning to make individuals simple minded, people are becoming addicted to their technology, and because it is starting to make human beings do things that will put them in dangerous situations.

Technology surrounds us. Like water in the ocean, people are swimming in technology each and every day. From the radio playing a favorite song to a text received about the results of a game, people use technology constantly. However, there is a point at which people are overtaken by technology; when the wave engulfs us and there is no way out. People are becoming more and more dependent on technology. Ever since technology began heavily integrating itself into society, many major uses have developed, but at a cost that brings on dangerous side effects, both mental and physical, as shown by the potential Y2K bug, that will continue unless active measures are sought out by those so dependent on technology.

In today’s society, modern technology is evidently developing rapidly and it is portrayed as a negative impact. It can be seen that technology is a substitution of all characteristics of life. The purpose of every technological invention is to benefit the lives of mankind; thus re-enforcing the positive connotation of technology. However, in long term it may not be beneficial; such as, education, work and leisure are all becoming dependent on technology; cyberspace is dangerous and child obesity is increasing.

“It is not that we use technology, we live technology” (Reggae). It is no secret that technology is in people's daily lives. Over the years, technology has created ways to have information at people's fingertips. Technology has made many astonishing discoveries, but at the same time it has dramatically changed day to day lives. Even though there are some benefits to technology, it is still threatening because it affects health, has created job loss, and can invade the privacy of people.

In the recent years, modern technology has heavily impacted nearly every aspect of human life. The things we experience, how we communicate, our values, how we develop from a child, technology impacts us in such a way that we don’t even realize it. As technology advances us into a more futuristic world, it is declining us a society as well, hence the term “double edged sword”. From the beginning of humankind, technology has been developing faster and faster. The first humans had absolutely nothing and, today, in 2016, we have literally everything. This has made people live in a virtual world of online media and this can be dangerous because it can alter the way we have been living since the birth of man. Technology is getting greater and greater but does that come with a price? The more advanced technology gets, the more it seems to control us. This directly affects our society in ways like communication, mental illnesses, environmental issues, and other ways.

Since the beginning of time, the human population has strived to live simpler lives. We have spent generations, creating innovations within technology to ensure our lives would always be more simplistic than those who lived centuries before us. People now have the ability to update their Facebook status’, map the human genome to target strands of DNA that can be disastrous to one’s health, send out amber alerts nationwide, and create plants that are resistant to pesticides. Many fields, such as medicine, law enforcement, and entertainment have benefited greatly from advancements in technology which has inevitably changed the way society operates. However, with the abundance of technology available, society has developed an unhealthy relationship where we now rely on technology too heavily. Technology has rendered our minds incapable of the ability to play, communicate, and live our lives in the moment, despite its positive additions to our society.