Has the effect of new technology on our lives always been beneficial?

After the invention of the technological instruments from the mid 2oth, it would be true to say that technology has been largely beneficial to all of us, but alas, it has not always been beneficial. In many instances, new technology has caused a lot of harm to their users and also to the environment. Hence, new technology has been largely beneficial but also has brought tremendous harmful effects.

 The discovery of electricity and its myriad uses is certainly most beneficial. Because of electricity, we are able to operate the different electronic equipment for our easiness and able to turn night into day with electric lights. The thousands of home appliances have made our life wonderful. They are convenient to operate and take over a lot of our harder and more tedious tasks, such as food processing and clothes washing. It has saves our precious time. Additionally, in leisure also it has made us entertain ourselves by operating the music system, television, internet, etc.

We use appliance like refrigerator and air conditioner which gives use pleasure while we use but it has also made us harm and the environment and ozone layer. Today we are being much lazier, the electronic tooth brush brushes our teeth and due to our body inactivity, the human body is now prone to all sorts of illness caused by lack of exercise, over eating and a generally sedentary life-style.

In some areas, technology has been mostly beneficial. The area is farming. Technology has brought the new types of hybrid seeds and better crops along with better breeds of livestock. This has helped to reduce the food scarcity in this hungry world. One notable method is farming through means of hydroponics. This involves, growing, vegetables and fruits without the use of land but with just water and chemical. These types of technology are all beneficial.

There are certain other aspects of technology which are all harmful. Creating new technology weapons and nuclear weapons .It is distressing to see that it is the advanced countries that create weapons of destruction and sell them to the less developed ones. This will probably brings the war and kill the many innocents peoples.

The human beings have created the technology for their easiness but it is unfortunate that the other side of the coins shows that the same technologies also destroy or at least damage the life. It would be wonderful if only the helpful technology is propagated thought-out the world.