Technology - does it really help us?

Imagine a world devoid of technology, where will we be? living in caves or better still in tree houses. Looking around we can hardly make a list of items not influenced by technology. Technology has become an innate part of our day to-day life.

Assume a natural disaster is going to happen. Technology helps us to forecast such occurrences and warns us ahead of the disaster. The forecasting helps us to take preventive measures. If necessary, we can also transport people to safer places. Technology helps us to survive and reduce the impact of such disasters. Looking at a much more realistic example, like the SARS virus. If it had not been for the medical advancements and communication mechanism the virus could have been - a silent killer spreading its tentacles across the globe - epidemic. Hypothetically speaking mankind could have been made extinct.

On the education front it has opened wide doors, by the arrival of the Internet. It makes it possible for people to share knowledge. On the medical front the average life span of a human being has increased from 40-60 years. This is the direct result of the medical advancements we have made and it has been acknowledged and published by the International medical council. On the entertainment front it helps us to be part of

A.R.Rahman's live musical concert - Bombay Dream's- at London by bringing them to our living room. On the scientific front it helps us to understand, from the creation of the planet (called "Earth"), to the evolution (transformation of a single cell into a homo sapien) of life.

On the other hand we can attribute Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Gulf war, Global warming and many other, as the downside of technology. But the positives outweigh the negative effects of Technology, so Technology solves more problems than it causes and improves the quality of life.