A Double Edged Sword
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Jane Frankenfeld
English 101, Winter 2015
March 17, 2015
A Double-edged Sword
The world is slowly transforming into a high-tech society. Whether one is willing or not, he can not deny that endless innovations of technology are constantly changing our lives, and things as computers and robots have changed the way most of us used to work, think and live entirely. Apparently, not everyone is optimistic about this trend, they think that the improvement in science and technology could be a double-edged sword. Which means technology is offering comfort and convenience to our lives, while it simultaneously bringing some negative impacts and pain to the society and to ourselves.
People must admit that technology truly has many unquestionable positive aspects, and it is one of the significant factors to promote our society and to develop from one era to another. Whether you have award of it or not, technology is highly influencing both our veritable and mental lives, computers, is a fine example of new technological progress in the twenty first century. As being one of the best invention by human history, people in nowadays use computers widely and extensively almost on all fields we can imagine. In addition, the reason why PC (the name of computer used to be called.) became popular in the 80s was when the innovation of internet has been invented, and it even greatly amplified the usage of computers. Eventually, as soon as all those technological "additions" like internet, useful apps, hardware have been adding onto our computers, it has created a fantastic blast that occurred in everybody 's mind that seems to tell us impossibility is no longer impossible. Before the personal computer was invented, had people ever thought about that they could buy the things which they like without walking out of their houses? Gain a little more sleep every morning and work at home? Or learn something we want just by searching them on the websites? Nowadays, if someone
Jane Frankenfeld
English 101, Winter 2015
March 17, 2015
A Double-edged Sword
The world is slowly transforming into a high-tech society. Whether one is willing or not, he can not deny that endless innovations of technology are constantly changing our lives, and things as computers and robots have changed the way most of us used to work, think and live entirely. Apparently, not everyone is optimistic about this trend, they think that the improvement in science and technology could be a double-edged sword. Which means technology is offering comfort and convenience to our lives, while it simultaneously bringing some negative impacts and pain to the society and to ourselves.
People must admit that technology truly has many unquestionable positive aspects, and it is one of the significant factors to promote our society and to develop from one era to another. Whether you have award of it or not, technology is highly influencing both our veritable and mental lives, computers, is a fine example of new technological progress in the twenty first century. As being one of the best invention by human history, people in nowadays use computers widely and extensively almost on all fields we can imagine. In addition, the reason why PC (the name of computer used to be called.) became popular in the 80s was when the innovation of internet has been invented, and it even greatly amplified the usage of computers. Eventually, as soon as all those technological "additions" like internet, useful apps, hardware have been adding onto our computers, it has created a fantastic blast that occurred in everybody 's mind that seems to tell us impossibility is no longer impossible. Before the personal computer was invented, had people ever thought about that they could buy the things which they like without walking out of their houses? Gain a little more sleep every morning and work at home? Or learn something we want just by searching them on the websites? Nowadays, if someone
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