i have to debate in school and the topic is developing technology is a boon to society i need disadvantages?
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It is expensive.  The cost creates a technical divide.  The poor do not have equel access to the new tech (think about computers and the internet in the 90's).
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Do you mean studies like studies of the population, etc.?  That would not be good, because we need to be able to find out information on a more macro level.\n\nIf you mean studies like schooling, it would tend towards the negative.  The disadvantage is we would not have the skilled labour force that we need, and eventually the economy, and society, would cease to function as we know it.  Of course there's the hands on training, but still that doesn't always suffice, and experience replacing formal education would make some things work more effectively, it would lead to the collapse of any complex infrastructure we have in place.\n\nAs for the positives, we'd be forcing a lot of people to actually *do*.  A lot of time and money is spent on education, even the "useful" type, which really doesn't give us many skills at all.  Well, we'd also have a huge increase in the number of useless people in the workforce, since all those professors who teach because they can't actually *do*, would no longer have their welfare-school-state that takes care of them.\n\nSo I guess it's not such a good idea ;)
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There is no two words about it:\nThe technology has helped us, but the only thing is everything has pros and cons. Without technology/scientific knowlege we wouldn't be answering these questions on internet. Technology/scientific knowledge made us realize that stars are not haning lanterns (as mentioned in some folk stories). Technology/scientific knowledge made us realize that the world is not flat and it is not a huge flat surface shouldered by 4 large elephants on a huge turtle that floats on the sea (this is a true mythical idea long time back). \nBut there are bad sides to it too. Golbal warming / wars / pollution and there are many too. It depends on the way people use it. \nBut the next generations will be more brainier than us. They shall tackle these issues too. It is our duty make the next generation brainier, to put them in the right track. \nDon't worry about technology, it is always for good.
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You are right. Narrow minded and selfish people always resist new technology. There was massive resistance to computers in the beginning as computers were perieved to replace jobs of people.
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yes. why spend all the money developing it if your not going to use it. also in order for a military to be affect it needs the latest technoligy.
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New Technology is Great as well as Bad.\n\nWhen it comes to great, you can perform complex things very easily. There are entertainment and other stuff that can be easily achieved by the use of new emerging technologies.\n\nWhen it comes to the bad side, you get several privacy issues where a legitimate user is blackmailed by an ethical hacker and blackmailed. There are also crimes that start through technology. (e.g. Chatting).\n\nSo, it is us, who have to prioritize the technology according to our needs and gain the maximum benefit.\n\nBYE
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There are several topics that have a social impact and comp. sci related:\n\n1) Open source technologies and how they are benefitting/harming business, society, culture. \n\n2) Is computer science an elitist science and can it/should it be made more accessible? How would such accessibility be possible?\n\n3) As technologies grow and advance, how are we humans growing advancing? As in, are we changing technology or is technology changing us?\n\n4) What would happen if the entire world could connect to the internet? Would this spread more good or more evil?\n\n5) Why is the pick-up of new technology slow? How come when a better solution exists, people continue to go with the older worse one?\n\n6) Is the emergence of computer technology in every field a good thing? This esp. if people lose their jobs because of computers taking over their work. \n\nI could think of quite a few more, but have to go. \n\nGood luck!
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I can't really see your problem, you are free to live your life as you see fit, if you want to live in some wilderness you can do it, if you want to live without technology, you can do it you have made no mention of the advantages that technology has brought us all, why not? \nI think the main clue is the 'Family' bit, living away from home etc.\nIf that is indeed the case, technology has enabled your family to reunite whenever they feel the need, no matter how many miles away they are!\nAs for the 'healthy' bit, I am sure that you know as well as I do that thanks to technology we are all living longer (fat or not)!\nAs for the TV that is a matter of choice watch it or not.\nAnd if it wasn't watched as you suggest what indeed could be accomplished, more technology?\nI think you have just got a weight off your chest by writing this question , it certainly helps doesn't it?\nGood look if you are really trying to send us back to the dark ages, but I don't think you really mean it ?
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Pros: Avoid pay-telephone booths, call parents for emergencies, cheat on tests ;)\n\nCons: bill for parents (sometimes student takes care of it), disrupts other students from learning, RADIATION FROM THE PHONES WILL MAKE THEM SMALLER ;)
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I think you have to balance science and technology to stop them from interacting in a adverse way with our human development! You must remember that a lot of research and development is done under the commercial umbrella designed for profits and profits only! So the 'true' benefits to mankind are rather stunted under this system! A lot of laboratories are struggling! Under funded, and short of equipment that is needed to bring experiments to a successful conclusion for the betterment of mankind! Government departments are to blame for a lot of the problems besetting these research fields! All the time they are kept underfunded, Scientific research will suffer! Have a good day!
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No. The use of information technology will aid the teachers better inform their pupils about the world.\nMoreover the role of teacher would be more important and stronger as only teachers will tell you where to find correct information and what is right and what is wrong.\nSo, i think IT will complement the role of teacher rather than lessening it.
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Advantages\n\nCan use when there is a scarce of electricity\nJobs for lot of people\nCan use in major research activities\n\n\nDisadvantages\n\nVery Dangerous if leaked\nCan cause thousands of human loss if handled incorrectly\nMay bore new types of diseases if leaked\nNeighbourhood people are always at risk\nNeed a large area to construct\nLot of people need to be on site for maintenance\nThreats from other countries if used inappropriately\n\nBYE
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One great disadvantage is that you can't hold a conversation with the internet.  If you are using a site that lets you hear the word as you learn it, that is good.\n\nAn advantage is that if you don't have any other means to learn English, the internet has several resources or this, and many of them are free.
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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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This is shocking. I don't know if I should; your teacher should see this the way it is. Oh well . . . \n\n\nThere are some opposing assertions here. \nThey deride my opinion because they are saying it is too pessimistic, and that humankind will not be ruined. Their claims are like these: \nWe are in the middle of a growth period, and if technology is to advance, solar energy must be substituted for coal and oil energy so that pollution can be decreased, and we finally find the way to live together with nature. \nAs we were in the previous industrial-revolution era in Britain, we are in a time of transition; even though it seems bad, it's just a 'standing on tiptoe'. \nScience technology must lead us to the ideal society.\n\n\n\n\n***This is STILL terrible, I'm not going to re-write the whole thing. Plus they will know this is not your work. Get a tutor, quick.
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Are you suggesting that with improving technology we are living less long?\nIf so I can think of nowhere to find evidence to say you are correct.\nGenerally, improving technology goes hand in hand with greater lifespans, although the relationship is far from causal in every case.
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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.