What are some pros and cons toward the technological society that were are presented with currently?
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Pro's - More efficient and get more accomplished, GLOBAL COMMUNICATION and BUSINESS!  Increased competition. Unlimited Information at your keyboard.  Everything is current and updated instantly.  Personal safety has also increased with the cell phone and onstar\n\nCon's - Less active/healthy.  Impatience/Everything has to be NOW!  Someone can ALWAYS get a hold of you.  There are new ways of being "rude"  People don't enjoy the little things anymore.\n\nA good book you might be interested in is "The World Is Flat"  by:  Thomas Friedman
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Advantages:\n\nCool\nHi Tech \nGood Salary\nNice benefits\nRelatively Secure\nEnjoyable\nGrowth prospects\n\nDisadvantages\n\nStress\nFamily life is somewhat compromised\nsometimes very monotonous\ntoo many engineers
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Satellite technology has provided society with the following advantages:\n\n* World wide communication (TV, radio, amatuer radio, Internet, for example) enabling societies to better know one another.\n\n* Weather forecasting (for example, the NOAA weather satellites covering the USA), which saves many lives each year by warning people of major storms.\n\n* Spy satellites enable countries to know what their potential or real enemies are doing militarily. This could avert some war as in the Cuban missle crisis.\n\n* NASA satellites like the manned International Space Station enable various countries to work together on peaceful space projects, provide beautiful photos of earth, conduct science experiments without the influence of gravity, and discover the effects of weighlessness on humans in space (for missions to the moon and other planets).\n\n* NASA satellites like the Hubble Space Telescope, Swift, Chandra and SOHO missions  have enabled astronomers to discover new information about our solar system, the Milky Way, and other cosmological entities.\n\n* many others...\n\nHope this helps!
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it brought better technology \n+ railroads\nregulate economic systems
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A few ideas as to the Economic Pro's + and Cons -\n\nMechanised (Contemporary)\nEconomies of Scale +\nEfficient +\nGreater production yield (Mass Production) +\nFewer Manual resource's +\nDifferent Type of Labour Skill (Machinist rather than labourer)\nHomogeneous products +\nLess fertile land from over production -\nGreater supply leads to a decrease in price -\nOver production (stock piling)-\nPollution -\nImproved wholesale and distribution +\nProduct into the shops quicker +\n\nTraditional Farming\nFree Range Organic Natural Produce +\nEnvironmentally Friendly +\nLabour intensive -\nManual harvesting and packaging, less fresh when it arrives for sale -\nGreat cost of production and distribution -\n\nHope that gives you a few areas for thought!
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There's an old science fiction book called "This Perfect Day" written by Ira Levin, that has such a society.  They no longer had individual differences, wants, desires, etc.  The people sacrificed their individual selves to the rule of a computer and drugs that made them submissive in order to maintain the Utopian society.  \n\nI think that if we today had such a society, we would have to surrender our individuality.
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Blessing.  Certainly there are problems to solve, but those problems will be solved by further technology, not by banning what we already have.  \n\nIt would be possible to provide a long list of the benefits of technology in the modern world, but I will cite a single example:  modern communication technology allows me, a complete stranger, to answer your question.  We never had anything in the past like the information tool we have now in the internet.  No matter how good a library one had available, it would still take a lot of time and know-how to research every question.  Now, it's all here at your fingertips.\n\nAsk any modern physician how many of his patients would have been worse off ten years ago, let alone fifty.  Ask any research scientist what has happened in his field as a result of modern technology.  The world does not stand still, and we cannot make it do so.\n\nRemember, nothing is an unmixed blessing.  Certainly the internet brings its own problems, but so did the technology of the crossbow!
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Every Invention has got both advantages and disadvantages\n\nInvention is just like a knife with two sharp edged one good and other bad
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there are a lot of characteristics, qualities and virtues of technology. Some are:\n\nPROOF, INNOVATION,  INVENTION, INDUSTRY, MASS AND HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTION.
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I think technology hasn't peaked in the relm of Heath and Medical, I mean technology has accomplished so much for us today, all our healthcare is provided by some type of technical equipment... but I think there is still so much more that technology could do to help the lives of others, to save lives, I think that with the unlimited technology we have today we should be able to accomplish unlimited things in the Health and Medical Fields...\n\nI probably feel more strongly about this one then the first but...\nI feel that our technology today should do more for the betterment of the earth, we should already have cars that don't require oil, we should have a way to fix the ozone layer, we should have ways to help with polution... I mean again our technologies are amazing, I think we should stop using our power for commercial gain and start using it for the betterment of society.
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I agree with the above answers. There are many advantages of communications and it is the gateway to urbanization and industrialization in general. But one of the biggest problem of modern communication is the act of terrorism and any act of violent against human nature. According to study, terrorist now are hiring and paying a large amount of money to computer engineers worldwide to post their treat to websites. Hacking is also a treat to security. Software virus are also a treat to business.
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Like most things, the internet gives us miraculas benefits and dangerous possibilities. With the growing energy crisis, we will see more people having the ability to work from home, but this could create a rise in depression and a decline in social skills.\n\nIt will be interesting to watch the development of computers and where the next generation of technology will take us. We will obviously see more voice activated computers, they will be used in more areas of the home, they will be faster, perhaps smaller. They will run most of the aspects of our home (security,entertainment, maintenance, communication). I'm sure there will be aspects we can't even imagine now. We are alreay using them in ways that were inconceivable as little as 12 or 15 years ago. \n\nWe live in interesting times.
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there are alot of things that are currently associated with nanotechnology, its a big buzzword now. if you want the latest news from the nanotechnology world, check this page..\nhttp://www.nanotech-now.com/ \nI hope this helps..
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i would say:\n\nin the past the world was less crowded and the family played a vital role in the life of the person. Parents used to work less, spend more time with their kinds at home.\nWhile NOW parents and kids meet hardly at lunch or dinner, speak mostly about life problems and money issues, every body is rushing....\nThat's why friends (young, no experience, empty headed), TV, Internet, clubs,... etc substituted Home.\n\nyou see, development has it's disadvantages too..
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The advantages are:\nYou earn more money, meet new people, see new interesting places.\nThe disadvantages are: \nYou leave your home and your family.
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pro: less people on earth\n\ncon: shameless resource consumption in the pursuit of purely anthropocentric achievement
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There are pros and cons.