The way I see it, technology has improved the quality of millions of lives yet it has also affected the same amount of people in a negative way.
Medicine has been developing in a great scale for the last century. Technology, nowadays, has improved medicine in several aspects and fields. This improvement has made a world a better place - if you think about it, you will realize that 50 years ago people would die because of a flu in their thirties. Today it is common to live around 80 years in countries with developed technology.
Globalization is the greatest example of how the world has changed with the development of technology. People from all over the world are able to communicate with each other thanks to technology. But this is not the only advantage. Globalization has made it an easier task to be informed about news from any part of the world, making societies more informed about the reality of the world.
However, technology is a very powerful tool that can be destructive if it falls in the wrong hands. The Arms Industry depends on the development of technology to make more massive destruction products. As technology develops, so does the Arms Industry, making this a more violent and dangerous world.
The development of technology has also affected honest workers who have been replaced at their jobs by machines. The high degree of technology we know now helps create machines that can do the same
Matias M.
Has technology made the world a better place to live?
work a man can do more effectively and cheaper. Many workers are finding it more difficult to keep their family lifestyles.
All in all I have reached to the conclusion that technology can be as harmful as it is helpful and I believe it's a tool that has to be used in the right measure to improve lives all over the world.