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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," Arthur Clarke once exclaimed. Truly, these are the thoughts of many in today's society. The have adopted the view that technology is the panacea to all of human kind's problems. While it is true that technology has helped us in a few aspects such as in the medical sector, it certainly does not mean that it will do the same in other aspects. Therefore, I stand with those who believe that people in today's society is placing excessive reliance on technology to solve the myriad of problems that exist today.
Those in today's society seem to place too much faith on technology to solve the food shortage problem that persists since ages ago. Over the years, the human population has been growing indefinitely with the population hitting a new record of 7 billion today. It is projected to reach 9,6 billion people by 2050. The important question to ask is, "How are we going to feed the whole world then?" Most would just answer 'Genetically Modified crops'. On the surface, it seems that GM crops has increased the total amount of food that exists today. However, in reality it has just made things worse. Most articles on GM crops would show an increase in yield to show the effectiveness of such crops. Lately, it was discovered that it was not true. Writers of such articles actually meant that crop losses are reduced but the total yield has not increased. Hence, it can be seen that people believe too much on technology to actually question it. One can now see that people in today's era has placed too much faith on technology to solve the problem of food shortage.
Also, people in today's society tend to rely too much on smartphones to simplify daily tasks and work. Yet again, it seems like it is able to effectively simplify our tasks but in reality it has done the exact opposite. I do acknowledge that there are smartphone applications such as Cell Scope and Epocrates that simplify our lives. Cell Scope
Those in today's society seem to place too much faith on technology to solve the food shortage problem that persists since ages ago. Over the years, the human population has been growing indefinitely with the population hitting a new record of 7 billion today. It is projected to reach 9,6 billion people by 2050. The important question to ask is, "How are we going to feed the whole world then?" Most would just answer 'Genetically Modified crops'. On the surface, it seems that GM crops has increased the total amount of food that exists today. However, in reality it has just made things worse. Most articles on GM crops would show an increase in yield to show the effectiveness of such crops. Lately, it was discovered that it was not true. Writers of such articles actually meant that crop losses are reduced but the total yield has not increased. Hence, it can be seen that people believe too much on technology to actually question it. One can now see that people in today's era has placed too much faith on technology to solve the problem of food shortage.
Also, people in today's society tend to rely too much on smartphones to simplify daily tasks and work. Yet again, it seems like it is able to effectively simplify our tasks but in reality it has done the exact opposite. I do acknowledge that there are smartphone applications such as Cell Scope and Epocrates that simplify our lives. Cell Scope