Impact Of Technology in Our Society

 

Impact Of Technology in Our Society

Ancient and modern human civilization have in one way or another benefited with advancement in technology,complex tasks have been able to be performed with a lot of ease with a short period of time but also we can never fail to mention of its negative impacts that it has also caused in the society.

Having realized the two phases that technology has brought to our society ,we therefore are going to dig deeper on the positive and negative impacts of technology

 

Positive Impact Technology in Our Society

As we know that technology has become part of human lifestyle in terms of communication,education,transport,health,agriculture and many more

 

Communication

Many people all over the world are able to interact ,pass and receive information effectively due to advancement in telecommunication sector.The emerging of social media such as facebook,pinterest,Watsapp with advanced features such as video conferencing has made the world to appear as a small and reachable community.

 

Education

 

The advancement of technology has boosted the education sector in Kenya and globally where knowledge is available on the internet  on almost everything ,besides that most learning institutions are going online and offering their services there to meet the demand of large population in need on knowledge.It has also helped cut off the heavy expenses that could have been used as most of online education is free.

 

Transport

In the ancient times it was cumbersome to travel long distances and even to transport goods over long distances but with the advancement of technology on transportation sector such as introduction of air ,water and road transport has allowed the society to make a choice on what means of transport to use and hence has helped in shaping our modern world.

Health

The health of people being very essential and a priority in all the countries in the world,we can therefore say that there has been a drastic advancement in this area and the most scaring diseases such as HIV & AIDS and other dangerous diseases in the world have been handled with ease and for others with the advancement in technology research has been easily conducted unlike in the ancient times when there was nothing to help even protect the doctors who were treating the patients and even the means of testing the patients was hard.

 

Agriculture

Ancient agricultural practices have radically been revolutionized with the modern machines such as the use of tractors to plough ,plant and even harvest.The  modern way of preserving water has given room even for the excess to  be used in irrigating crops hence ensuring all year farming and not depending on seasonal changes.All this advancement has helped produce surplus produce to feed the high population.

 

Negative Impacts of Technology in our society

Even with the many positive impacts that the technology has brought in our society,there  are also some negative impacts  that it has left behind and it is still causing.They include:

Time Wasting

The advancement of technology  has made many people to loose that social nature of being as most of their time is spent in watching ,listening,reading or even using the tools more than interacting and socializing with others ,to a point where families break up or quarrel  one another also the children lacking the parental guidance and love as both of them do not have time for the other.

 

Psychological and Health Problems

Due to more time being spent in the gadgets such as smart phones and laptops and cheap internet among other things has led to more harm to the health of persons using them oftelyn such as eye problems caused by light  of the same gadgets or even due to wrong body balance as you use the gadgets may lead to long term problems on the spinal cord and other parts of the body.Watching of horrifying movies and clips and even some containing pornographic acts which erode the good social values and tampers with the brain.

 

Conclusion:

The correct use of technology will ensure success in the society and for this to be achieved the effort of everybody from the family members at home to the religious institutions and to the government and the most affected generation is the younger one that needs direction and substitute sources of learning information need be used such as textbooks