Is developing technology to the best standards good?
Well, by all means, technology is the collection of processes in which many objectives such as scientific investigations can be accomplished. It allows the world that we live in, to formulate and evolve into the best outcome possible, which probably is never- ending. The results usually have unidentified or unstable predictions, due to the complicity and incomprehensibility of technology development. Therefore, we can’t always assume that experiments will process correctly if we constantly base our predictions upon proved facts and evidence. Technology, has many cons, however it has pros too; as every evolutionary step, led to a major breakthrough in history. This is illustrated on the product on which you are now reading this article.
Many developments, culminated our daily life to be much more simpler.
However, if we presume that after a few years technology is going to obtain highest levels of progression to almost being ‘perfect’, the contrast between ‘imperfect’ is going to be lost.
Lets look at one side of the argument. For example, 3D printing. It refers to a process in which a material is being joined or solidified under computer control, in order to create a 3-dimensional object. This development, mainly guided to a major breakthrough in medicine; hence, scientists already established that an artificial heart can be formed from a range of DNA structures. This artificial heart experiment, was proved to be successful, due to the demonstration of the heart beating like a human one. From this, we can all benefit on living a longer life and have an opportunity to feel and be, much more safer if certain medical situations concern us.
On the other hand, this printing is not only utilized in science but also in the jobs that humans do, for example, cake making or decorating. In the future, most of the cakes that would be consumed by us, will be created by this new technology. These 3D printers will follow precise and accurate measurements, which will result the cakes to be immaculate. It will feel mesmerizing and breath-taking to eat something ‘perfect’, but does this mean that food tasters/critics will have nothing to comment on?
To a prediction, because most of the food will be presented at a high quality in the majority of eating locations, this would result the cafés, restaurants etc. raise to five star ratings. Does this further indicate that the price of food would increase for all of us? And not to forget, the interest in comparing different locations would be lost. If all places would be found at quality rankings, there will be no ascertained competition between them. This asserts that these places would not set or aim for further improvements, which consequently would leave them unoriented.
In conclusion, the discovery of achieving a human-being living for a longer period of time seems to be very preeminent, however, are you going to live longer when technology does everything for you?
As Albert Einstein once said,
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
However, remember that:
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
–Elbert Hubbard
By Anzelika Gerika, Carshalton High School For Girls
