Effects of Technology

There is no doubt that technological advances have radically changed our way of thinking, being and living as well as the surrounding environment. We have excavated large areas of land for searching and extraction of metals and minerals that allow us to manufacture machines and tools, we have cut numerous extensions of trees in order to obtain wood, we synthesized chemical compounds in the laboratory which have interacted and changed our environment, use combustion products that emit CO2 into our atmosphere, our daily activity generates a lot of waste ... problems such as deforestation, climate change, acid and radioactive rain and the hole in the ozone layer surrounds our planet Earth has its origin in the various technologies developed and used by humans.

Technology has changed the concept of war and the battlefield allowing us to create machines and increasingly lethal weapons such as bombs. Only between World War I and II died more than three people than all the wars that occurred during the previous 2.000 years.

Therefore, humans are developing technologies cleaner and more respectful of our environment and ourselves.

But all is not bad but on the contrary, thanks to technology our hope and quality of life has greatly increased thanks to the technical and scientific advances we are able to detect and cure diseases that previously were fatal, have created a society where any person has access to knowledge through internet, thanks to technology we generate, store and distribute any type of food, clothing and products that improve our level and quality of life, technology has created machines that perform arduous, dangerous work and requiring a great effort for man, thanks to technology we can communicate with anyone in the world, have conquered the moon and soon the space.