Will technology will dominate mankind?
Introduction:
As technology develops, people are relying on technological creations because they provide more options and make life more comfortable. What do you think about this issue? Do you think will the over-reliance lead negatively or positively? Today I want to talk about how will over-reliance on technology affect humankind negatively.
Body:
The first impact is a malfunction. Malfunction is simply the technology failing to function normally. If people have too much reliance on technology, people will have difficulties such as people will not available to control and people cannot replace the vacancy of the technology. Also, the malfunction might cost human life for example, while using the different types of machines if certain functions do not work, it could be directly related to death or serious injury. So the malfunction is not only about the failure of technology, it may lead to the destruction of human society. According to Forbes, 25 per cent of technology projects fail outright. 20-25 per cent do not show any return also as close to 50 per cent needed massive reworking. So as the result of Forbes, the malfunction will require investments and time. All of the charges are on humans.
The second impact is misdirected usage. These days the technology is well distributed, which means that more users are allowed to access the internet. The internet causes misdirect usage such as cyberbullying and hackings. Apart from it, technology can occur physically, such as weapons. According to the image below (Independent Singapore news), online crimes are rapidly increasing. The development in distribution caused misdirected uses even the original purpose was not. The technology provides comfort but as it gives comfort the rate of threats will increase. The misdirected usage is related to an incorrect information (the third reason) as failed information can be used misdirect.
The last impact is incorrect information. Information is the main point in many industries also taking part of the centre of society. The information can be spread by the news and social media. The influences and the impacts are huge as there are millions or even billions of users. As technology brings huge influences, it can operate negatively. This is related to the second impact which is misdirected usage as incorrect information can destruct the human societal system. For example, fake news can be harmful. The fake news will also make it harder for people to see the truth as people will tend to not trust the media which is proven as providing wrong information. According to Statista, over 80 per cent of consumers in the US have seen fake news on media during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, some of the people were committing the wrong behaviours which are followed by fake news and social media.
Conclusion:
To finalize, the technologies provide huge comforts, advantages and make human society comfortable and better. However, on the opposite side of advantages, there are disadvantages. To borrow the quotation of Clement Stone, he said "To every disadvantage, there is a corresponding advantage. ". This can be translated into the disadvantages and advantages always corresponding and there isn't a perfect thing. The technology is not basically from nature and technologies are mostly artificial. As human-created, humans need to take responsibility. To conclude, the over-reliance on technologies will provide advantages and disadvantages at the same time.
Will
technology
will dominate mankind?
Introduction:
As
technology
develops,
people
are relying on technological creations
because
they
provide
more options and
make
life more comfortable. What do you
think
about this issue? Do you
think
will the over-reliance lead
negatively
or
positively
?
Today
I want to talk about how will over-reliance on
technology
affect humankind
negatively
.
Body:
The
first
impact
is a
malfunction
.
Malfunction
is
simply
the
technology
failing to function
normally
. If
people
have too much reliance on
technology
,
people
will have difficulties such as
people
will not available to control and
people
cannot replace the vacancy of the
technology
.
Also
, the
malfunction
might cost
human
life
for example
, while using the
different
types of machines if certain functions do not work, it could be
directly
related to death or serious injury.
So
the
malfunction
is not
only
about the failure of
technology
, it may lead to the destruction of
human
society. According to Forbes, 25 per cent of
technology
projects fail outright. 20-25 per cent do not
show
any return
also
as close to 50 per cent needed massive reworking.
So
as the result of Forbes, the
malfunction
will require investments and time.
All of the
charges are on humans.
The second
impact
is
misdirected
usage
. These days the
technology
is well distributed, which means that more users are
allowed
to access the internet. The internet causes misdirect
usage
such as cyberbullying and
hackings
. Apart from it,
technology
can occur
physically
, such as weapons. According to the image below (Independent Singapore
news)
, online crimes are
rapidly
increasing. The development in distribution caused
misdirected
uses
even the original purpose was not. The
technology
provides
comfort
but
as it gives comfort the rate of threats will increase.
The
misdirected
usage
is related
to an incorrect
information
(the third reason) as failed
information
can be
used
misdirect.
The
last
impact
is incorrect
information
.
Information
is the main point in
many
industries
also
taking part of the
centre
of society. The
information
can
be spread
by the
news
and social media. The influences and the
impacts
are huge as there are millions or even billions of users. As
technology
brings huge influences, it can operate
negatively
. This
is related
to the second
impact
which is
misdirected
usage
as incorrect
information
can destruct the
human
societal system.
For example
,
fake
news
can be harmful. The
fake
news
will
also
make
it harder for
people
to
see
the truth as
people
will tend to not trust the media which
is proven
as providing
wrong
information
. According to Statista, over 80 per cent of consumers in the US have
seen
fake
news
on media during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact,
some of the
people
were committing the
wrong
behaviours
which
are followed
by
fake
news
and social media.
Conclusion:
To finalize, the
technologies
provide
huge comforts,
advantages
and
make
human
society comfortable and better.
However
, on the opposite side of
advantages
, there are disadvantages. To borrow the quotation of Clement Stone, he said
"
To every
disadvantage
, there is a corresponding
advantage
.
"
. This can
be translated
into the disadvantages and
advantages
always corresponding and there isn't a perfect thing. The
technology
is not
basically
from nature and
technologies
are
mostly
artificial. As human-created,
humans
need to take responsibility.
To conclude
, the over-reliance on
technologies
will
provide
advantages
and disadvantages at the same time.