JUNK: new technology obsoleting the old – good or evil?

Smartphones. Shiny – oh, and it’s touch screen, how cool is that? New car? All of
these are new technology that we all use and love today as citizens of the ever-
developing society of mankind. While these marvels of technology signify great
changes and development in the way we live, along with the efficiency and
effectiveness of every single thing we do, we as humans have yet to come to a good
solution to managing waste that comes from obsolete technology. Handphones (you
know, the non-touch screen, non-smartphone, kind?), for instance, have an
inefficient way of disposal the precious minerals once important to the user is
extracted inefficiently. Scrap cars in many countries are not managed correctly.
Nothing is not a fad. As the many things that we know and love change every single
moment of the year, the technology that we make also has to adhere and adapt to
the changing tides of new technology that comes with new market that ultimately
replaces old technology and its possibly dying market. This sort of technology is
called disruptive technology.
The rise of a disruptive technology (also called disruptive innovation) has
always been defined as a good phenomenon, emanating other good phenomena
such as the rising availability of jobs that come with that technology. Inherently,
innovations are made for the good of mankind and are there to further our non-
biological evolution, easing the steps that we take everyday to work, school, the mall,
and back home. But do they really fit that description most of the time?
Disruptive technology and the waste it produces
A lot of innovation in our life can be regarded as disruptive technology,
including one that has enforced itself into many hours of every day of our lives,
smartphones. Smartphones have been integrated into out lives for a long time and
their effects have been felt by practically everyone in the world. The ease of
communications that we can experience using smartphones are unparalleled. With
every person having a smartphone, you can call them at any second, anywhere,
using video or just voice, at your own behest. (MASIH KURANG)
Disruptive technology in the market
Netflix, the technological giant everyone’s watching, is one of the most recent,
most prominent examples of disruptive innovation. The business has thrived on
online video-streaming, which was enjoyed by around 148 million people worldwide
by the end of 2018. Blockbuster, once a giant in the DVD-rental industry in the US
serving through 3000+ stores, (DVD was one of the only media used to distribute
full-length films and TV series), has become a victim to the disruption long ago in
2011.
Netflix, contrary to the belief of many of its own streamers in countries outside
the US (its country of origin), has bloomed since 1997, pioneering digital
entertainment content as it made the first ever DVD rental and sales site. Only as of
summer 2011 is it public that Blockbuster had to sell its assets for USD 290 million.
 So, what do we have? A former staple of home entertainment that went bust,
and a heavily successful one with an community roster of more than the population
of Australia? Well, we also have the trash and all the unemployment that goes
through with it. (DATA BLM ADA)
Outline utk disruptive technology
INTRO
Trash has become one of the most neglected problems that keeps on piling up in
this world.
ISI
1. What is disruptive technology?
2. Disruptive technology in daily life:
 Smartphones
3. Disruptive technology in industries
4. DAMPAK2nya (landfills, challenging waste management, and loss of job
employment)
5. On the bright side, cars get crushed (for example) in western countries and
get recycled.
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hubunginnya
OUTRO
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