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Technology is a Friend of Humankind Essay

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Technology is a Friend of Humankind

Technology is important in our world today. Terry Tempest William’s “The Clan of One-breasted Women” is about women having breast cancer because of bomb testing from 1952- 1961 in Utah. In this case technology has a negative effect on the human race. On the other hand, “The Technology of Medicine” by Lewis Thomas is about money and the technology of medicine. There are three different levels of technology in medicine according to Thomas and they are “nontechnology,” “halfway technology” (582), and “technology of modern medicine” (583). It is obvious that technology benefits humankind with cures for diseases and prevention of sickness. Without technology, medicine would not be as advanced and there …show more content…

If restrictions were set on this technology testing site then there would not be problems with people getting cancer. The author, Terry Tempest Williams, is against the nuclear testing because of what has happened with so many cancer cases. “What matters is that our government is immune. The King can do no wrong.” (601). But without technology, these women would not be able to have their biopsies done or chemotherapy. Because of chemotherapy and biopsies many lives have been saved. For instance, the author’s own life has been saved because of this technology. That is one reason why technology benefits humankind.

Next, improvements have been made in medicine by technology. “There are three quite different levels of technology in medicine” (Thomas 581). The first level is called “nontechnology” because it can not be measured in size and it has a natural or eventual outcome. A large amount of money is spent on this and it is more of a caring level. Doctors do a lot of reassurance to patients because of their fear. “One can think of at least twenty major diseases that require this kind of supportive medical care because of the absence of an effective technology” (Thomas 582). This takes up a lot of time, effort, and skill. “Halfway technology” is the second level of technology of medicine. Examples of this technology are heart transplants and inventions like artificial organs (Thomas 582). “Halfway technology” is an

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