What are the advantages and disadvantages of ever-increasing use of technology

    Today we cannot imagine our lives without technologies as we live in a modern developed society. There is no doubt that technology has eased the life of human beings. It has proved to be a great boon in the development process of culture and society. However, too much of anything is bad.

     First of all, technology has made human life comfortable. Everything that people see and use in a daily life is the gift of technology.  The clothes people wear, the mobile phone they carry, the television they watch, the house they live, the car they travel, the bridges are all the examples of successful implementation of technology. Secondly, printing press, internet, telephone, email, and other communication technologies have helped us to communicate on a global scale. For example, now my parents have a great opportunity to talk with relatives via Skype, send lots of messages not worrying about delivery time and use different gadgets that simplified their life. More than that, technology has revolutionized the healthcare industry. Great diagnostic tools such as x-ray machines, blood pressure monitoring machine, laryngoscopes and otoscopes have increased diagnostic accuracy. For instance, I have a sad story about the doctors made the wrong diagnosis so that my aunt died from breast cancer.

     On the other hand, the main problem of ever-increasing use technology, in my opinion, is pollution. Scientists have found that too much use of technology has resulted in an increase in waste products into the environment. Besides, some people waste immense time and energy doing non-productive activities such as playing computer games, watching television, browsing and so on. Many adults complain that they do not have time for face-to-face meetings, their children get addicted to their computers and lovers do not pay attention to each other getting stuck in mobile phones. That is the reality. Nevertheless, our health has become price of our comfortable life. The impure air and water are hazardous to human health. Excessive use of smartphones causes stress and posture related health issues. The loud noise of vehicles and running factories disrupts the human auditory senses.

     To sum it up, the technology has brought great benefits but we should not forget that we were born in harmony with nature, which suffers because of our inventions.