Tackling Technology

Tackling Technology

I believe there is no question that technology has a large place in our society.  We depend on it so much for daily use and frankly would not be able to survive economically without it.  Times bring about change and technology helps us ease into these changes.  It helps us learn new things and accomplish tasks at a much more efficient rate.  However there are downsides to technology, as with everything that impacts society.  While we many rely on it too often sometimes and take it for granted technology globally connects us and makes the world seem like a smaller place.

If we think of technology from a military perspective its truly incredible what we have accomplished.  I feel that technology works best in areas that are open to accepting it.  If people want to use it they can find ways to further improve it.  In the military technology serves to help us more effectively ward off trouble from other countries.  It has found its place and done amazing things to help keep our country protected.

I believe we can say that technology has found its place of improving the lives of people in society.  We turn to technology to help extend our lives and to keep us healthy.  “Computerworld” author Ray Kurzweil says that by 2024 we'll be adding a year to our life expectancy with every year that passes (BusinessWeek). Without technology many people who had health issues would not be alive today.  Many medical breakthroughs have occurred with heavy reliance on technology.  Think about when a global disease spreads.  We are able with technology to quickly find treatments for these diseases as well as many other common ones.  Technology allows us to find problems with patients that we would have not been able to see without using things like tiny cameras to go in your body and body scans.  I believe that technologies place in society is permanent as long as it continues to serve people and come to our benefit.  Who knows how long we will be able to live, thanks to technology.

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