The advancement of science and tech has brough us innumerable benefits.

The
mechanisation of agriculture, harnessing of alternative power sources and
increasing globalisation brought about by computerisation has transformed us
from primitive cavemen into modern technologically-savvy individuals. Scientific
developments has given us decreased mortality rates, fewer infant deaths,
improved sanitation and higher standards of living.

Science may be humankinds greatest success as a species. Thanks to the
scientific revolution that began in the seventeenth century, humans today enjoy
instant communication, rapid transportation, a rich and diverse diet, and
effective prevention and treatment for once-fatal illnesses. Moreover, science is
humanitys best hope for addressing such existential threats as climate change,
emerging pathogens, extra-terrestrial bolides, and a burgeoning population.

Science has also been a continual process of refining human though, and this
entails an awareness of our short-comings rather than a belief in our scientific
wisdom.




However, with increased mechanisation and computerisation, Man is falling into
the cushy traphole of abject laziness. This might lead to rise in obesity levels and
pumonary-related diseases. Man is oftern under the comfortable delusion that he
is in full control of technology and its progress, and often justifies the never-
ending quest for a new gadget or a new method of going about life as a necessity
and a way to further elevate our standard of living. Our way of life may have
improved, but along with it comes the dangerous mentality that we simply
cannot do without the convenience, Science and tech has accorded to us.

The more science empowers us, the more we will find ourselves without moral,
ethical or religious compass. (talk about cloning?)

The pursuit of nuclear technology remains highly dangerous, and its potentially
devastating impacts on human populations and surrounding areas have
drastically reduced its desirability. The disastrous reactor failures at Chernobyl
and Three Mile Island have adequately demonstrated the physical and
environmental damage that nuclear technology has the potential to cause.
Pictures of deformed Russian childrean and crackling Geiger counters in
Scandinavia and central Europe have convinced the world that nuclear tech,
though useful, is at best a necessary evil, and a threat that should be replaced as
soon as possible.