is technology useful or not?
142961
That depends. Do you want crime rates to go up, or down? If you want them to go down, then technology is useful. If you use the TV or computer, lightblub, oven, microwave, then you use technology.
105577
No, but the lack of a similar increase in psychological growth in mankind has caused our technological development to outstrip our maturity as a species.  The sudden increase in information and the resulting challenges to everyone's world views due to access to the web and instant information should be sufficient to give us a chance to catch up a bit.  Then the technology will be much easier to handle and use wisely.
361740
beacuase you dont love it. I love tech as such a service manual does more for me then coffee. my gf on the other hand couldnt care less and has about the same reaction as you. my advice is find someone who will do the tech stuff for you and find something you love to do instead
938244
No.  We are a social species.  Try therapy instead of technology.  And dont forget to go to your H.S. Reunion....you need the socialization.
122776
Technology includes the computer you're using, the vehicle you drive in, the oven you cook your food in, and so on.  How do these things help you?  Can you think of others?
87144
it is possibile but not with the technology we posess today
183353
Yes, mankind has become far too dependent on technology, if we lost all of our technology tomorrow, I am convinced that only myself and few friends I know have the skills to survive without what we take for granted today. For me, computers are fun, like this answering stuff, but I sure don't base my life on it...its a dangerously fragile world we live in. Mankind survived far longer without all of the crap we have today, but most of have lost the basic survival skills that used to come naturally to us.
1020201
As regards future usefulness it is hard to beat Computing.\n\nBest of luck !
247283
I think technology is keeping families in touch information wise but we are not (IN TOUCH).  We no longer sit down to dinner with the family anymore now we don't even have to go thru the task of talking on the phone or writing a letter. When was the last time you sat around and just relaxed with family and friends and connected on a personal level?\n\n We are connected but in NO WAY are we IN TOUCH.
169640
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!
1004560
It has become one of the most popular forms of communication. Over the last ten years, I know personally that my phone use has gone down while my e-mailing has gone up. I could write an e-mail in five minutes and send it to 20 people instead of calling 20 people and spending at least 10 minutes on the phone with them. It is also a huge tool for gathering information. You can get statistics of trivial information on almost anything. I have noticed fewer kids at the library over the years. It has improves our lives in some ways and hurt in other ways. I do believe that many people spend too much time on their computers.
670122
Disagree. Computers don't make you a better decision maker, they just give you more information to make those decisions.
642220
The impact is generally, good. It has narrowed the gap between countries and cultures. It also provides unlimited knowledge at your fingertips. It has freed up the mind from useless clutter, because now the computer can store it instead of us.
941402
Technology has more power than we think. <--- That would be a good topic.
41009
Computer is a part of technology in general. Technology speeds up the learning process most successfully.
586757
If you work hard, yes. So get off from the computer and find one or start something productive using the computer.
148469
I guess so, the powers of technology :-)