Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Why All Technology Is Important To Humankind

By Adrienne R. Resendiz


We've all seen a Sci-Fi film or two that depicts some future world in which technology is used to destroy mass quantities of people, or the technology itself replaces human intelligence, leaving humanity's survival at the hands of some heart-less robot. Even if the technology that we see growing today is doing so quicker than ever expected, these movies how some over-exaggerated ideas. What makes these Sci-Fi movies genuine to some degree is that technology's advancement is often times being coupled with either ignoble motives, or losing sight of the most fundamental human values.

In instances where technology could be destructive, there is either a loss of connection from one human to another, or humanity is taken from the scientific process.

How we continue without the ability to go further with these scientific concepts? Could we do more negative than good if the advancement of science was for science only and nothing else? How can we, as humans do things with science if we aren't technically even in the picture when creating these innovative things? I think it becomes easier for people to get myopic and overly ambitious, and our human values to get more and more overlooked with time. Even though the films are somewhat over the edge of reality, they do hold some truth and we have seen it in many examples our own historical timeline. If we want to take a look at one of the most horrible instances of a way technology advancement was used in a negative manner, we only have to look to the treatment of the Jews in Nazi camps.

Technology is just a tool. For an example, nuclear technology can make more economical means of attaining power or kill thousands of people. As a tool, it can have an extremely positive impact on many, or in the wrong hands can be equally destructive. We can succeed if you put two and two together and don't eliminate people from the picture. Our world can go in two directions, one that includes complete destruction and sorrow or one that can become well-shaped and kind.

One reason why there is hope for the world with technology right now is because there are people who care enough to stay true to the science and human combination. The Ethical Science Foundation is a great organization that has shown that we can continue living with science in a positive manner and their leader, Clare Bronfman has a vision of teaching others the same lesson.

It stands to reason that advancement in technology should be met with noble intentions. To avoid permanent damage in the world, we need to find the good in this concept and use in wherever we can. People who deal with heavy technology should always have good ideas in its creation. By combining moral standards and technology at the same time, we might be looking at a very bright future.




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