The spectrums of technology – Maria Mendes 10B

The word “technology” and its uses have changed immensely since the 20th century, and over time it has
continued to evolve ever since. We live in a world driven by technology, where its advancement has played an
important role in the development of human civilization, along with cultural changes. But will the technology have
been something as advantageous as that?

On the one hand, technology has proven very useful in providing innovative ways to get work done through
intelligent means. With the invention of technology in communication, which includes telephones, fax machines,
cell phones, the internet, multimedia and e-mail, communication has become much faster and easier, transforming
and influencing relationships in many ways. We no longer need to rely on sending physical letters and waiting
several days for an answer, as this has made communication so simple that we can connect with anyone from
anywhere, calling on mobile or sending messages using different applications: innovation in communication
technology has had an immense influence on social life increasing human socialization through social networking
sites, dating and even marriage services available on mobile apps and websites. Today, the Internet is used for
shopping, paying utility bills, credit card bills, admission fees, e-commerce, and online banking. In the world of
marketing, many companies are marketing and selling their products over the internet. In the world of travel, cities,
towns, states and countries are using the web to post detailed tourist and event information: travellers from all
over the world can easily find information about tourism, tours, places to stay, weather, maps, timetables of events,
transport schedules and buy tickets to various sights and destinations. In workplaces, technology has increased
efficiency and flexibility in the workspace by facilitating remote work, which has increased employee productivity,
external and internal communication and automation, saving and reducing time and tasks. Robots are now being
used to manufacture products that consistently deliver the same product without defects until the robot itself fails.
With technology, companies can make faster decisions, act faster on solutions and remain adaptable. The
technology has optimized the use of connected resources and businesses around the world, so if the customer is
based in the United States, they can receive services from India. They can communicate with each other in an
instant, from virtual meetings, corporate social networks and tablets to intelligent customer relationship
management applications that accelerate the rapid movement of data and information. In education, students and
parents now have a variety of learning tools at their fingertips and teachers can teach in virtual classrooms around
the world and share their ideas and resources online. Students can get immediate access to a wealth of good
information and resources on the Internet and use them for their project work or research. Online learning has
changed our perception of education: the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a paradigm shift using technology,
where school-age children continued their studies at home and schools facilitated the transmission of online
education by their peers. teachers at home. On a financial level, technology has driven the digital transformation in
the way the banking sector works and has greatly improved banking services for its customers around the world: it
has made banking operations very sophisticated and reduced errors to almost zero, which were once prevalent.
way in manual human activities: banks are adopting Artificial Intelligence to increase their efficiency and profits,
traditional methods of payment and transactions have been replaced, as we can now access money, handle
transactions like bill payment, money transfers, money and online shopping from merchants and monitor your bank
statements anytime and anywhere in the world. Technology has made banks safer and more secure. We don't need
to have money in our pocket or wallet because payments can be made digitally using e-wallets. Today,
manufacturing industries are using all the latest technologies, from big data analytics to artificial intelligence.
Automation has raised the level of productivity in various fields by reducing labour costs, increasing efficiency and
reducing production cost. Technological advances in the healthcare industry have not only improved our personal
quality of life and longevity, but also improved the lives of many medical professionals and students who are
training to become medical specialists, through revolutionary innovations in surgery, artificial organs, brain implants
and Networked sensors are examples of transformative developments in the healthcare sector.

On the other hand, there are also some disadvantages of technology, although for me they are a little less
relevant: people have become dependent on various devices and machines, resulting in a lack of physical activity
and leading to an increasingly more sedentary; there is an increasing amount of social isolation in both children and
adolescents, who start to live a virtual life and despise their reality; while technology has increased the productivity
of individuals, organizations and the nation, it has not increased the efficiency of machines: machines cannot plan
and think beyond the instructions that are routed to their system; technology alone is not enough for progress and
prosperity, management is still necessary – it still depends a lot on human action, which makes it limited. It has even
been a reason for the production of weapons of destruction and increase in cybercrimes.

After all the analysis done before, I can conclude that regardless of bringing us some fewer good things,
technology was the greatest and most useful advancement of the human being. It is evident that behind great
powers, there are always great risks - so the important thing is to use this advantage in a conscious and balanced
way. It all depends on us.