Is Mary Shelley's Argument Of The Advancement Of Technology And Drone Warfare

The advancement of science can become an alarming yet wonderful idea and in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, she creates the argument that technology can become monstrous. When describing such a powerful piece of science as evil or devilish, the creations needed signify a huge impact on society, even if the creation served as evil or good. Shelley’s argument specifies that overusing the knowledge of science and making inventions is a monstrous implication. A specific controversy of technology that impacts the aspects of life and freedom is drone warfare. Although drone warfare is a vigorous proposition for the military and for war, it can get into the wrong hands or the scientists could make these weapons so powerful that it can be harmful to
These machines destroy many enemy camps that contain the Al-Qaeda in places such as Somalia and Afghanistan. Drones also “have done so at little financial cost, at no risk to U.S. forces, and with fewer civilian casualties than many alternative methods would have caused.” (Byman). In the face of the riots all around the nation, Obama has called the reduction in America’s reliance to these machines even though they will still remain the government’s main weapon of choice for international warfare. These machines have done the task of killing the main leaders of the terrorist organization that has haunted us for many years and have denied the life of many of their sanctuaries. Knowing that this information was spread around the world, the citizens of America became more accepting of keeping the production of this new technology alive and to make it as strong as ever. Although it has not been the most approved program the military could use, the biggest advantage is that it actually works and it is the most efficient program for terminating enemy troops that the military has ever invested billions of dollars for. Many politicians and regular civilians “think it fair to say that the targeted killing program has been the most precise and effective application of firepower in the history of armed conflict.” (Hayden). From this quote, the reality of war has brought upon the competition of seeing which country’s military can create the strongest weapon possible. Since Al-Qaeda has started the War on Terrorism with America, Obama and the government have worked for many months on created these drones to help reduce the risk of terrorists towards the civilians. According to Michael Lewis, Drones used for war is actually the most humane forms of warfare that could