Life & English: “How has technology changed our lives?”

Life & English: “How has technology changed our lives?”

3D television, Iphone, Internet Explosion, and healthcare devices used to be dreams of mankind eras ago. We are using wonderful products made of technology innovation. Many of us seem not to care of what those bring to our lives and how those change our world. However, the fact that technology opens a bloomy period where human have opportunities to improve our world and live a better and more comfortable life.

Ten years ago, televisions only had two colors, black and white. Now, a television is designed as a full package box with various applications like music shows, movies, online commerce, etc in high definition quality. In our parents’ generation, the functionalities of a phone might be dialing and answering. Still having those features, a mobile phone is nowadays all of what you need to entertain and relax. They contain media, games, books, even compatibility of connectivity with other digital devices. As we can see, our world has marvellously changed for only 10 years. I think each of us is aware of these changes more or less. 

Technological advances involved not only in entertainment industry and devices manufactory but in every facet of our lives. For instance, in the field of healthcare, it has helped doctors to diagnose and treat fatal diseases and illness.  We also reduce a huge cost experiments by pre-analyzing genes of species on computer. And for those who want to shop, they can purchase everything, from a pen to a house, without even leaving your comfortable chair. Technology is now an essential part of our lives. I cannot imagine a day without mobile phones, televisions, and internet. That will be a day when all of our activities get disordered and a tremendous crisis will stand a good chance to raise.

Even though technology has so many advantages, it still has some negative impacts. Nowadays, machines do most of our jobs and help us cut down burdens of life. Hence, we literally become dependent on them.  This will lessen our competence and, in the day without technology, the world can be submerged in darkness. In other words, we should find a renewable energy for fear that we should be in short of electricity one day. Moreover, with waves of entertaining applications, internet turns into an addictive place where young generations leave their real lives and spend hours in vain. Consequently, students, the future of countries, ignore the importance of study and disappoint their families. Violent games, besides a role of entertaining purpose, make children scuffle on streets and somehow caused many deaths. It is harmful that we use advances in technology and science with a bad consciousness. Therefore, it is recommended that raising awareness of using entertaining devices should be widely discussed. Internet security in a digital world is a considerable matter. Now, almost data is digitalized, which can be an easy target for blackhat hackers to get your private information. More and more website attacks are happening and are increasing every hour. To us, potential victims, we should know how to protect ourselves from risk. That is when human life is enlightened by technological masterpieces in safe. 

Depending on bad side or good side we look, each one of us has our own thoughts and feeling of what we gained from technology. However, it is uncontroversial that technological advances have made great impacts on our lives and, together with science, they are doors opening to a better living standard for human. So, everyone should turn technology into advantage to make a better life and be aware of riskiness of overusing.

Author: Truong Vo Huu Thien

Address: University of Science