Issue Task: Technology, while apparently aimed to simplify our lives, only makes our lives more complicated.
The world is in an incessant state of change, boundaries are being shattered, information is more accessible, and scientific breakthroughs Technology has immensly facilitated human lives in so many different aspects.
To begin with, technology assisted humanity in the medical field, with new machines, and appartus to detect and heal several disease. Using advanced equipment, of course next to the extensive studies done by medical groups we, as human beings, were able to counter spreading diseases like Ebola in a very short period of time by discovering a trial drug after several weeks. While, back in the day, such spreading diseases would kill thousands if not millions of people in the areas infected, for example Malaria, The Plague and many other diseases. Moreover, thanks to the current medical technology, if we did not find a clear cut cure to a certain disease, we have preventative measures that we can follow in order to avoid the infection, or even to contain it in a certain geographical area.
Technology has also been indispensable in the field of education, for both the teachers and the students. Worldwide, even in deveopling countries, online systems for schools and universities are found where students can download all studying materials and teachers can upload grades, additional material and feedback. This has absolutely helped both ends of the educational process, the student and the professor, to make learning faster and more efficient, as students are not resitricted anymore by the location. All the student needs is a computer, which is not hard to find these days, and internet connection to access as many resources as they need.
In addition to implementation in educational institutions, technology has revolutionised the distant-learning process using MOOCS, which are certified online courses given through several websites given by professors in reputable universities. These courses are of huge help to all the students who did not get the chance to be part of worldwide top universities like MIT or Harvard to get a glimpse of the edcuational system there. It is also a way to broaden the students' horizon worldwide.
In a globalised world, technology and social networking is epitomy of the unbound connection between many countries. Diplomatic relations between nations are sometimes established on twitter accounts where presidents and prime ministers make offiial statements to condemn international events, and sometimes reconciliate with other countries. Social Media has become a integrated part of our life, and it is now used a political tool to apply pressure on governments, or to share our opinions and debate so many worldy issues. This hs definitely simplified a very important process which is access to objective knowledge. Through social media and the internet we have infinite amount of resources to check the news and see debates about issues of great importance happening in every corner of the world.
However, there is a point that no one can easily overlook, which the effect of technological manifestion in the form of social media in our daily lives. Humans, specially teenagers, have become highly dependant on technology everywhere, which caused very negative repercussions like lack of human interaction, because now it is prefered to connect to others through Facebook or Whatsapp, which is obviously a virtual method. Also, the everchanging technology has made us heavy consumerists, always looking for the gadget with the newest features, regardless of whether or not we need it.