Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Essay2-Technology good or bad?
Is technology a benefit or a detriment to society? Okay-like most things, I’m gonna ride the middle of the road on this one. One the positive side-we as a society have made many great advancements in technolgy that have been very beneficial to society. Think of how many of us may not be alive today if not for medical technology. Asthma alone probably would have killed me as a small child if doctors hadn’t figured out what caused an attack and how to stop one and give the proper breathing treatment to make breathing easy again. 15 years ago I would have had to spend hours in a library looking up the same information I can find in a fraction of that time on line in order to do this paper. On the negative side-I believe we have allowed computers and our reliance on them to put us in a position where we may not be able to live without them again. Most of our personl information is available to anyone with the knowledge of how to break in to private databases. The work in my office is brought to a stand still when our computers go down. No appointments, no insurance or billing information can be brought up to assist a patient. Great advancements, but our ability to survive like we did 15 or 20 years ago may have been taken away with all those same advancements.
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I would have to agree with your opinion on technology. Like most things now and days you can't have the good without the bad right along with it. That was a good point on the advancements in healthcare. Many lives have been saved in the past years that would of have been lost twenty years ago. But you never know when this whole technology thing is going to turn on us, like in "Trucks" and "Mangler". Wouldn't that be crazy?
We are very dependent on technology for accomplishing everyday-tasks. Even though my essay will not go both ways on the subject, I will include that idea in my writing. It is insane to imagine how we would adapt with the loss of our beloved technology in this age, I never really thought of that.
Hey Gertrude,
Your comment, "I'm gonna ride the middle of the road on this one.", is a great way of expressing yourself! I'm riding in the middle myself.
I can totally relate to the asthma. I have COPD. It's not fun.
Medical Technology is a good thing, as well as so many other applications in technology.
The only thing I don't like are some of the people in power, that choose to keep polluting the Earth, Oceans, and Skies. I wonder if they are able to sleep at night. I guess they are only viewing the financial aspect of things when they start thinking about their children, and their children's children. Unless they are just TOTALLY clueless.
Research is a wonderful thing, and the Internet is an even greater tool! As is with everything, it's the "user's" to beware of. I can't help referring back to the old addage, "God gives us the frame, we choose what picture goes in it." We can apply this to any situation, in my opinion.
You have wonderful views, and I know that you will suceed in life, as long as you keep an open mind. And an educated one, as well.
Regards,
Gracie
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