Has technology has changed the world for the better?
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Kelly, do not act like you know everything if you cannot spell simple words such as "break" and "want to". Also, the phrase "...causing some family's..." is grammatically incorrect. So do not answer if you wish to be a total noob about it. Now, to answer  the posed question. \n   "BlueDevilCheer" has asked a question that has been raging through churches and scientific labs for several years now. With out new technology, we wouldn't have cures for diseases and inventions that make our lives easier. On the flip side of this proverbial coin, who's to say that with out some of this new technology, various bacteria wouldn't exist? Massive pollution due to factories and cars alike have caused forms of lung cancer and other infections. Hundreds of years ago, these cancers that we hear about every day were never even mentioned. \n   Children playing video games is a quirky phenomenon. It is not a bad thing, especially when comparing to a lesser alternative such as smoking or drinking, which many teens do. However, adults tend to compare it to something that could be better for their children: Physical Labour/ Exercise. It seems that children of this generation are more concerned about the latest next gen console than political events. A vast majority of teens are linked merely through telecommunications networks such as My Space, Xanga, and Facebook. I believe that to be an entirely unacceptable approach to making friends. If you cannot say something to a person's face, do not say it on the Internet. I'm not just talking about degrading terms here, either. Consider this: When you read the average teenager's My Space, scroll down until you see the comment section. There is a ninety percent guarantee that someone the user has never met before has left a comment there saying how much they "f*cking love ya", or something else to that general meaning. Now move on to the "pictures" section. I'm sure you will see what the emo My Space whores like to call the "mirror shot". No explanation necessary. I can assure you that people have left comments about that picture stating what "beautiful eyes" that person has or something of the sort. Would you really go up to that person in real life and just start complimenting them randomly? I think not. Could we please just meet people in person?\n   The answer to that question is an apparent "no" according to T.V. networks. It is getting dam* near impossible to sit through some horrible reality TV show with out an "E-Harmony" commercial popping up. If a person is that much of a pathetic weakling in their home town, what makes them so much more fuckin* desirable through an LCD monitor? Nothing. Yes, sites do bring people together that would have otherwise never have met, but think about the reverse side of this. I'll give you a situation. "Bob" has no friends in his hometown of "Blackburg". However, there is a girl that works with him, "Jane", that really likes him. Well, Bob doesn't know this and he decides one day to log onto a web-dating-service Web site. He meets the "love of his life", "Kimmy". They get married and Bob even has the audacity to invite Jane to the wedding. Eighteen months later, Kimmy and Bob are divorced and Kimmy ran away with all of Bob's possessions. Bob has sworn off women for life. What would have happened if Bob had talked to Jane? Well, he wouldn't have met Kimmy in intimate ways, that's for sure. Oh, I suppose you could take Bob's side and say "Why didn't Jane let Bob know her feelings for him". Maybe Jane was shy and couldn't say those things to his face. Hell, maybe she should have just gotten a My Space so she could flatter him with a mysterious name like "SuchALyingSmile69".
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People are the same, its the technology that has changed. Thus, people are able to cheat, steal, lie, cover up, etc. more efficiently than they could 20 years ago. It was a dog-eat-dog world 20 years ago, and its still dog-eat-dog world today.
17950
Technology is better.\nPeople are worse.\nClothing and hair are much worse.
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Technology has more power than we think. <--- That would be a good topic.
1002598
no, i'm not satisfied with today's lifestyle.\nthough we might have increase in technology, science, etc.\nwe have a decrease in the qualities of life. more individu suffering, more broken family, more poverty.\ni do admire the neolitics era where people live in small community, independent, they fulfill their need themselves, they have lands (since industrial revolution, many people lost their land to small powerful people), they know each other neightbour very well.\n\nbut it isn't impossible to have those life qualities for present, everthing changes and evolves. the main problem for present is global inequality. greed capitalism. consumerism. environment crises. greed. ignorance. we just have to re-establish on our perception on meaning of life, the world.
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I don't believe it is technology that has changed the work ethic.  Today's youth, the children and grandchildren of the baby boomers, were raised differently.  They have had everything given to them, and got things much too easily.  Often they are from one or two children families so there was plenty of money for them to have whatever they wanted, and they didn't have to share much.  They didn't have to work for anythng, to save money for anything.  They didn't have to take responsibility at an early age.  \n\nIf things come to you too easily, you come to expect that the world owes you something, and that you don't have to work for it.\n\nThat's my opinion.
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Technology is in everything and everywhere now. By misusing the technology, there can be nuclear blasts, the electricity can be stopped, the water level of dams can be changed and whatever the technology we consume can be stopped (robbed) by misusing it.
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Our technology and communications is changing at a rapid rate.\n\nThink about the fact that when I was 3 years old, we had a black and white TV, a rotary dial telephone, a washing machine, an oven and a refrigerator.  We had a car and a truck.  I grew up on a farm.\n\nMy grandparents did not have TV, they had radio.  They had no cars.  \n\nMy first grade teacher graduated college - called normal school - in 1919.  Her father made saddles for a living.  When she started teaching, there were only a few cars on the road.\n\nOur society is changing because we are changing.  How many people do you know who make their living on a farm?\n\nIn 1996 how many people had personal computers?  How many people do not have them now?  Ten years ago, a computer was not a necessity in a home.  We haven't even touched on TV, satellites, and all of the choices available in how we use them.
201934
So far no, we are not very advanced with our technology. I do think that later in the future maybe in the next decade or more who knows.
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Sadly, the world is regressing.  The use of the internet, cell phones, DVD players in cars, etc. has caused us to become much more detached from our friends and family.  There is much less personal interaction anymore.  I don't think technology is ALL bad...of course you can meet new people online, or find out new info in an instant.  But, overall, the cons are outweighing the pros at this point.\n\nWe are soooo reliant on oil and electricity that we are going back to making enemies with MOST of the world.  More countries (Iran, N. Korea) have nuclear capabilities and are much more likely to use them than any countries in the past.  There are more extreme terrorists who can't be caught, less human intelligence to stop the terrorists, and our own coutnry's military is very diminished at this point.\n\nDespite MOSTLY overcoming years of racism and racial tension, things seem to be getting worse in that area again, with all the immigration debates/protests.  \n\nMost of the world's population live in 3rd world countries...diseases are widespread.  Despite working on the AIDS problem for 20+ years, we still do not have a cure or vaccine.  \n\nPeople don't think there's anything wrong with deteriorating morals...swearing is commonplace now, nudity on TV/movies is no big deal...violence is everywhere.  More than 50% of marriages end in divorce.  We are quickly depleting our natural resources.  the polar ice caps are melting.  Nature is becoming more extreme thanks to global warming.  Certain animals are dying out.  \n\nI have an advanced degree, have worked hard all my life, and still cannot afford to buy my own house.  In the 50s, most families owned houses and that was without the wife working!  Now I can't own my own house despite all my hard work and education.  This country...and the world are going to hell in a handbasket, and anyone who doesn't think so, hasn't lived long enough or looked around!
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I just got this computer 3mos. ago.After swearing for 15yrs.,that I would never get one.I don't know about the world for sure if it is better,I think the computer really has made our lives more complicated.\n\nBUT I just might be old fashioned.
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does it make a difference now?\nb
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I don't consider technology the new evolution.  I see it more as the only evolution, at least since the beginning of recorded history.  Since the beginning of recorded history has human anatomy adapted to improve quality of life, or increase the rate of survival?  No.  Technology is the only thing that has provided those things.\n\nIn another light, technology may be the only human evolution, but it is also approaching a point where it can realistically be discussed in terms of it having its own evolution.  A point where it is no longer an aid to human functioning but instead begins replacing human functioning.  Just as mammals eventually replaced the dinosaurs, ala The Matrix, Terminator, etc.
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Just about all of the current problems will be gone, one way or another, and there will be new ones to replace them.\n\nTechnology will be light years ahead.  The more things advance and the more knowledge we have the more we are capable of advancing more rapidly.  The changes in the world in the last 50 years will be nothing in comparison to the changes for the next 50 years.
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Communication has never been the same since the advent of the internet. Like this message board - it wouldn't have been possible to talk to hundreds of strangers everyday back in the day.
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The world is also becoming costlier !\n:-))
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technology is and will continue to change the world. It is going to bring an end to the world that we have known - but it is going to lead us into a new world.