TED ANTALYA COLLEGE / 10-C
Innovation
Orhanalp AKKULAK
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When people hear the word“ innovation,” they often think of spacecraft, robots, or AI, even though innovation has been around since the dawn of humanity. The things people associate with“ innovation” have gradually changed over time.
To give you an idea, if you asked cavemen during the hunting and gathering period what the innovative technology of their time was, they would probably mention bats and sticks for hunting. However, 12,000 years later, if you asked the same question as people watched Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, they might say spacecraft or the discovery of new planets. When we reflect on the topic more deeply, we can observe that with each new innovation, the previous ones are gradually forgotten. For instance, when the first phonograph was invented in the late 1870s, it thrived until the invention of the gramophone. Similarly, the gramophone was quite popular until the 1920s when the radio became widely used. with a cell signal. Another unpleasant example of innovation is the invention of dynamite. The inventor, Alfred Nobel, had no intention of creating a weapon that would take lives; he wanted his invention to help people. However, weapon manufacturers saw an opportunity and exploited it.
To summarize, we should learn to use innovative technologies for the greater good of humanity, whether it involves overcoming dopamine addiction by using social media properly— another innovation that should be used correctly— or utilizing potentially harmful innovations in a way that benefits humanity.
Not only do technologies change with new innovations, but people do as well. For example, today, we cannot imagine life without smartphones, whereas people lived just fine without them for thousands of years. These innovations have advantages, but they also come with disadvantages. Smartphones have clearly made our lives easier, but they have also shortened our attention spans due to the 30-second videos that trigger our dopamine receptors. Understandably, the responsibility for this lies with us, as smartphones were designed to make our lives easier by providing quick access to information and allowing communication with others anywhere