Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology
The latter part of the 20th century saw the beginning of a
replacement revolution in technology that seemed equally as powerful because
the technological revolution that preceded it the impacts and developments of
the new 20th century technologies aren't easy to assess as they're still
considerably a part of an ongoing process which will well barely be beginning
the new technologies that have caused such people are interrelated and
overlap to some degree they include computers new communication technologies
digitally formats multifunctional devices new military weapons the advantages.
Mobile Technology
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 instead of being limited to people
within our physical vicinity, this has some great positives for both work and
residential life to the increased automation of production and lots of other
jobs because of computers means greater efficiency fewer people doing boring
repetitive jobs and a rise in flexibility regarding work times many roles 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 a minimum of having
access to the web means having access to most of the world's knowledge
increasingly we do not even get to be sat at a desk to access the information
either as mobile devices become more and more powerful for the entertainment the industry has experienced a revolution consumers now have a credible choice of
movies shows games music and other
Entertainment
Entertainment available 24/7 in the music and film industries
are democratized as artists are not any longer reliant on companies to fund and
promote them as they will do it all themselves five technology can now be wont
to advance itself science is benefitting massively from the lightning speeds
that
Computer
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 figure washing machines to try to our laundry or automated banking to permit us
to pay by MasterCard 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 cyberbullying 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 on internet
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 harder for creative people to form any money from their
output media are often digitalized then distributed across the internet very
easily and therefore the process seems impossible to regulate ultimately it'll
cause a decline in artistic and artistic quality as people not 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 & Railway Road
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 instead of saving us time new
technology means we are expected to process more and more information and work
even more intensively 7 technology brings with it all kinds of environmental
problems also as machines and devices often being made up of toxic or non
biodegradable materials most technologies need an influence source which may
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 the military is increasingly becoming more technological an example is pilotless
drone aircraft which may attack and kill people with the controller many
thousands of miles away
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