Does Technology Have a Greater Positive or Negative Impact on Society Today?


Technology is something that is necessary and very important in the world today. Almost everything uses technology, and almost everybody uses technology. It is even used right now. I am using technology to type this up while you are using it to read. Therefore, it is important to understand something we use in our everyday life properly and discuss whether it has a greater positive or negative impact.

Technology has countless positives impacts on society today. Many important processes in the industry and household have been automated by technology. Technology allowed transportation to improve from animals to modern-day automobiles. A lot of jobs once done by humans before are now replaced with technology. We can also do things that are impossible with man alone. Technology is also useful in life-risking tasks such as space exploration and mining. The computer technology changed the whole world. Computers have allowed the software industry to rise and it can help us save and organize data, as long with a lot of information processing. It is also improved communication which includes Facebook, mobiles, and satellite communication. Internet also improved entertainment and the industry of advertising.

Although most people think technology is really important in their daily lives, but they don’t realize that it is also negatively affecting people and society. Technology not only affected industry in a positive way, but also a negative way. Some businesses are forced to close down since technology took over their job and there are no more demands anymore. For example, newspaper companies are affected greatly by the advanced technology because news is always available on the internet for free. It also puts lithographical printing into a bind because business and companies use methods of digital printing. Now you don’t have to buy music at stores because you can download them from the internet which closed down a lot of big music stores. This applies to the industry of movies too because less people are buying DVDs when it is available online on the internet. Technology improved communication to be able to contact with almost anyone at any time which seems like something good, but this causes people to not interact personally with each other which made wall in between real life communication. For example, we no longer have to call up someone to congratulate them. Technology makes people lazier so they don’t have the desire to walk out from their home and find entertainment like having a meeting with a friend in a coffee shop. Being responsible for what you do and not letting your life to be controlled by technology is better than being less sensitive to society.

I think technology has a greater negative impact since all of the negative impacts cover up the positive once. Improvement in transportation causes more pollution. Improvement in communication creates less real life interactions. Improvement in industry causes a lot of businesses and companies to shut down. Improvements for our daily lives make us lazier. I also think that if technology is making our lives “easier”, it also makes people expect more work out of us since we have more free time. This increases our responsibility for things and gives us more stress. So, in my opinion technology did improve our society but all the improvements have a negative side to it, and that is why technology might have a greater negative impact on society today.

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