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What leads to technology?

Friday, November 28th, 2008
The primary reason we use and exploit the most advanced and available technology today is the benefits it offers. Despite some technology having some unwanted after-effects or by-products, we still utilize its services. The most common benefits the technology may bring to mankind are:
  • Completely eradicating human intervention or involvement in menial tasks or easing the difficulty of doing such tasks
  • Giving people more options in undertaking activities such as decision-making and also providing a whole new option that may not be available when not using an advanced technology
  • Doing tasks and producing results more effective, efficient, accurate, faster, secure, dependable, and also faster and cheaper with the deployment of the technology rather than using an old technology or relying on human capabilities alone
  • In general terms, improving the quality of life

Even though technology can bring great benefits to us, we still have the liberty to use it or not. Some people choose not to use it and preserve their old ways while most are keeping track of the most advanced technology and exploits all the good things it may bring. Some of the reasons why people are going for the technology are:

  • he competition being brought upon people from the competing against other people and also keeping up with the rapid change or growth of the environment of the world where countries must not be left behind or they will be vulnerable to the more advanced countries.
  • The condition of life today is much harder than the past and the costs of living is steadily growing thus using technology would be rather practical than optional.
  • The benefits and advantages are greater than the bad things some technology brings that it is overshadowed and disregarded.

As with the saying “people change with time”, it also goes with the technology. With the rapid changing of the environment, technology must also change and improve to suit and satisfy the needs of the people. But usually, technology changes and improves in order to satisfy not the need but the insatiable hunger of human curiosity and contentment. Even though there are many other factors which drive technology to change and prosper, it can be said that this motivation is the most general and may be the root of other factors.

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