Most people are fully aware that technology is ever-changing, mainly due to the fact that we all are greatly affected by the changes that take place within technology. It is essential in our daily lives. It serves as a very important factor for us and also creates many different opportunities for us.
Technology appears to be extremely useful in many different aspects. It is purposeful for us when speaking of health, because there are always continuous advancements and even breakthroughs in modern technology that in turn prevent certain illnesses or create better chances of finding cures. It also serves as a big factor in communication. It helps us to connect to others from all around the world, just by a click of a computer mouse or the simple act of pressing a button on a phone. Technology makes finding desired information easier and quickly accessible. I think the biggest advantage of technology is our ability to gain a great amount of knowledge from technology. We can learn an endless amount of new things from it, therefore we acquire very vital information necessary to us in our daily lives.
While technology can clearly be seen as a very positive thing, it can also tend to have some negative aspects that arise as well. I personally dislike how difficult it can be when something goes wrong with the technology. One minor mishap tends to negatively impact and affect the whole system.
This can be demonstrated in an article written by Aaron Hogue who writes on substance abuse in college-age alcohol users. He refers to different treatments, and also speaks on technology. He mentions "the technology approach has spearheaded enormous gains in laboratory-based research on empirically based treatment implementation . . . However, several noteworthy glitches in the technology approach have persistently occurred in addictions treatments. Because many of these glitches have arisen in high-profile, well-controlled studies, they are not easily dismissed as random or marginal. Three glitches seem particularly troublesome."
While pointing a potentially negative aspect of technology but pointing out numerous positives, we see that technology can increase our knowledge and especially help us in our every day lives. We can also look forward to the future to what else technology has in store for us.
Source: Hogue, Aaron. "When Technology Fails: Getting Back to Nature." Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 17.1 (2010): 77-81. Print.
I think overall your points are very strong. You make it easy for one to understand why we need technology and what it makes it such an important factor in our lives. One note I would suggest would to be that you describe how these "glitches" went on to affect the controlled studies, however I get the main idea of it and think you chose a good source of comparison.
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