The fast development of technology has done more harm than good to mankind

Throughout history, technology had been part and parcel of any civilizations. Man has made tremendous advancements technologically. From a humble beginning to the industrial revolution, we have come to a stage where we have invented and built so many gadgets that our very existence revolved around them. As a result, I have to disagree with the statement that “the fast development of technology has done more harm than good to mankind”. This essay not only explores the positive implications but also its negative effects. However, most of it is the reasons that it had been beneficial to mankind throughout history.

Firstly, the development of the four great invention of China was the start of the Chinese civilization. The start of papermaking during the Han Dynasty that jumped started printing. This resulted in knowledge to be disseminated from one generation to another through written records. The use of compass had indeed brought about various sea explorations during the Ming dynasty. The invention of gun powder during the later part of the imperial china caused China to wage wars with her neighbours for social and economic purposes. While China goes about creating for themselves inventions to fulfill their fancies, they neglected their basic self. They failed to take responsibility for their creation. As a result, death and destruction occurs.

In addition, the development of industrial machinery during the industrial revolution brought about changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and transportation. These machineries have helped mankind to explore various technologies to increase food productions. The start of metal production jumped starts the development of transportations such as cars, planes and motorcycles. These modes of transportation have brought about convenient and effective way of travelling. Besides that the industrial revolution had brought many countries into the start of globalization. On the other hand, industrialization led to the creation of factory. The rise of factories brought about environmental tragedies. Air pollution, sea pollution, acid rain and now global warming may one day overwhelm our very existence. Furthermore, Metallurgy resulted in the making of superefficient weapons. Instead of swords and spears, we now have machine guns, heat seeking missiles, cruise missiles, jet fighters and other tools of murder and mayhem.

Furthermore, information technology that harnesses natural resources had resulted from the fast development of technology. Information technology had provided mankind to store knowledge digitally. These provided mankind the luxury to explore the world with just a click of a mouse. It also helped mankind to be self reliant and gave us convenience in accessing to the data we wanted. Harnessing natural resources such a wind and solar energy are extremely useful. By harnessing these natural energies, it helped us to be environmentally friendly and less reliant on oil. These technologies not only have positive implications to mankind but the environment. However, these resources are not effective distributed due to political and bureaucratic hindrances.

Likewise, the advancement of the manufacturing industry in producing electronic elements such as resistors, capacitor and microprocessors is another factor to be considered. These electronic elements have shifted the way we do things. During ancient times, human did their chores using mechanical devices such as pulleys. Although these mechanical devices are good but they are labour intensive and perhaps the work done was not that significant. However with the development of these basic electronic elements, things could be done with a press of a button and many things could happen at any one time. These save costs and labour workforce. The use of microprocessor has changed how computers work, medical equipment function and how mankind benefits from these drastic changes.

In conclusion, the above examples mentioned have shown that mankind has indeed benefited tremendously from the fast development of technology in terms of social, economic and political aspects. It is high time we take responsibility of our action, strengthen our moral values and make the world a better place to live in with the fast development of technology.