The argumentative essay question “Is technology harmful to humans?” is a tough one. The short answer is no. But technology has definitely created some problems and some advantages. Let’s discuss those then I will discuss the benefits.
In the past technology was used for more of what it was designed for. It was used for war and weapons development and now we are beginning to use it for health issues. In fact technology is one reason that less human interaction is occurring. One of the biggest challenges we have to overcome as a species is the lack of human contact and interaction. A major problem with technology is that it causes us to become content to the status of being less human. If we want to stop the deterioration of technology we have to start becoming more human in our outlook and our interactions.
This starts by recognizing all the benefits of green technology, environmental technology, and eco-friendly technologies. These are technologies that do not introduce new sources of pollution into the environment. The focus of these technologies are to help and improve the way we live. For example there are biofuels, water conservation and energy efficiency. All these technologies have some disadvantages.
The argumentative essay question “Is technology harmful to humans?” can be answered with the thesis statement that green technology does help and there are some benefits. The essay question can also be written as follows; Is the current model of economic development harming humans? The answer of this argument depends on whether one is an eco-apist, an environmentalist, a greens believer or a utilitarian.
If one is an environmentalist then green technology is good because it helps the environment. But if one is an eco-apist then one will find that environmental technology has some disadvantages and green technology has some advantages as well. But if one is a utilitarian then he or she will find no advantages of using green technology. In fact there are some disadvantages of using environmental technology.
The biggest of these disadvantages is the effect it will have on the human population. Human beings are supposed to survive by using technology. If everyone were to go back to using manual means then earth’s resources would be depleted and would lead to a critical situation. Since that time there have been new ways to create technology that have reduced the effects on the human population.
In fact many intelligent people have argued that some types of green technology are better than some types of human-made friendly technology. This is because humans are not the most intelligent of animals and most animals do not know or care about the consequences of their actions on the environment. Therefore humans may be the most intelligent animal, but they are not the smartest.
Therefore we do not really know if it is wrong to use technology in a way that does not harm humans or not. In fact this is such a pointless argument because it does not address the real question. The real question is, what is the best technology to use to solve problems? And if we could find a way to solve those problems then would technology in general be harmful to humans?
There are many different types of environmental technology that have been put to good use and some of them have been very effective. There have also been some drawbacks. However, many of these problems were not the result of the technology but the lack of knowledge on how to properly utilize the technology. Therefore the technology may have been useful in the past but in the current day and age it may be considered outdated and therefore it is less beneficial.
One type of green technology that has been successful is water purification technology. It works by using special filters that get rid of dirt and other pollutants from water. It is easy to use as all you need is a faucet and it eliminates waterborne diseases. The filters used in the water purification process also keep out other harmful things from the water as well such as germs, bacteria and parasites. So does technology make less human able to affect our mental health?
It is hard to say because technology has done such an amazing job of helping us achieve so much. There have been some negative effects though from the use of technology and one of them is that there have been some mental health issues reported. However, these issues have generally been overblown and people have probably been over-reporting rather than having any true problem with technology.