Technology Essay

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Assess the ability of technology to ensure human happiness in the present century. From the dawn of human civilization, science and technology has been a way to improve human life. Technology promises great things: communication, equality, and democracy, but also leisure--instant entertainment--and freedom from the mundane details of life, such as doing taxes and going to the store for bread. Yet, some people do question as to whether technology can guarantee human happiness. Science is trying its utmost to contribute to the happiness of man. * It has extended the horizons of human knowledge. It has added immensely to man’s capacity for work. It has helped him in the field of medicine. It has enabled man to delve deep into the ocean and to fly high in the air. It has enabled man to send rockets to the other planets. It has contributed to human peace and progress. It has also provided man with destructive weapons. * Science has brought man nearer to man. It has abolished distance. Journeys which took months in the past are now performed in hours. Trains, buses and cars are all the inventions of science. The aeroplanes and spaceships are latest inventions. Today crossing the oceans, climbing the mountains, and traveling across the deserts involves no trouble. * Big business deals are made on the phone between merchants living in distant countries. Wireless sends S.O.S. messages and saves people from wrecked ships. Radio flashes the news to the world as-soon-as anything remarkable takes place. While sitting at home you can listen to what is happening in other parts of the world. * Science has given us many labor-saving devices. Steam and electricity are at our service. Steams pull our trains carrying thousands of tons of load. Electricity works our factories and lights our cities. It is proving helpful in every home. Our bulbs, electric fans,
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