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 Revolution 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.

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.