Leanne
Stone
Technology's effect on society
In what ways was technology a benefit to society in the past?
Technology has meant we have been able to connect to people far away and overseas easily with a call, text or actually being able to see them.
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Tech has also greatly benefited healthcare in society. We now have robots that can help diagnose or help patients out even from home. This has proved very beneficial for a while as there haven’t been any staff to be able to give full attention to one person all the day, the robots can call for help if necessary.
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In what ways was technology a threat to society in the past?
Has posed a lot of information and personal detail threats before as people are using the technology to try and find personal information and using the tech created for cyber attacks on not only certain people but also companies.
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Technology has also given easier access for people to commit attacks in general. With the creation of higher powered cars, weapons etc etc.
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In what ways is technology a benefit to society today?
Tech has greatly improved entertainment for society. From the visuals we are able to do on films now to the immersive new VR technology that is being explored to make you feel more and more involved in the action.
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In the current global situation it has proven important that technology help us to try and quickly and effectively find a vaccine for the COVID-19 situation. Technology not only will have machines and tech to experiment on the virus but also to communicate between scientists from all over the world to communicate and expand on ideas.
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In what ways does technology have a negative impact on society today?
In some ways we could say although tech has helped healthcare it may have created more health problems. In today’s age we are constantly using tech for work and home uses but this comes with new issues such as eye strain issues, bad posture etc which could all lead to wider problems for an individual.
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It is also becoming more and more apparent that technology is causing larger environmental issues for the world. More and more pollution is being released from wasted old tech. It is currently a problem that has built up from poor environmental care for the past years and is a big problem right now.
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In what ways could technology benefit society in the future?
In the future technology could start helping by sixing some of the problems it has created such as helping with the environment. Creating a slow increase of the amount of people and the appeal to electric cars as they become more advanced. Creating more mechanical compartments that are reusable after the objects life style etc.
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One thing I am most excited for that technology will be able do is to start revolutionising the the way things are filmed and entertainment is created. It has already come a long way but they will be able to put more of the digital environment there as they are filming which will create for better acting and a new age of film.
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In what ways could technology be a threat to society in the future?
Technology could be a threat in the future if it begins to become intelligent enough to start acting on its own intentions. We have already seen tech starting to speak to each other in a language humans fail to understand. This could be a global threat.
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Another way tech can be a threat in the future is because of the other global threats that have come with the increased intelligence of nuclear tech and weapons. If this is to be misused by the wrong person it can be a massive threat to the world. It creates a tension between countries.
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