Modern Technology has created more problems than solutions in society

I Living in a 21st century, we lived in a world surrounded by the many forms of technology with the purpose of making our lives more efficient and comfortable. Our daily lives revolve around the use of technology, be it simple ot advanced such as the broom, or vacuum cleaner. Ironically, following in the wake of advancing technology, more problems cropped out instead of decreasing. Ethical debate issues, environmental problems and even social problems had been increasing though the years.

II First problem the modern technology has created is the environmental issues it causes.
A: Automobiles
1. invented to increase efficiency
2. allow comfortable journey in shortest time
3. but, increases rate of CO2 emission, contributing to air pollution
4. contribute to the depletion of natural resources- fossil fuels
5. green house effect leading to global warming

B: Oil rigs
1. occurance of oil spillage in the sea, water pollution
2. water pollution leading to the death of many marine animals

C: nuclear fallout
1. cause of air pollution
2. endangered the population within the area due to exposure to radiation

III Second problem is the social problems

A: people and machine
1. automated vending machines, banks
2. computerised dating services
3. tape recording and answering machines
4. lack of interaction between the individuals, lack in interrelationship skills

B: health
1. obsession with computer games apparent in youth
2. increase in use of handphones, relying on them
3. more time spent indoors playing these computer games, lack of exercise leading to increase in rate of obesity

IV Ethical issues

A: technology, life sciences (cloning, IVF)
1. debate on human playing god-- cloning
2. no clear stand due to presence of the grey areas

B: Abortion
1. pro life or pro choice
2. lack of clear definition-- are we killing cells or a human baby?
3. the women having the choice, ensure guilt-free conscience or are they going to regret it?

V not all technology advances results in more problems

A: improvement in the communication tools
1. HP, telephones, help in bridging the distance, allowing communication to be more efficient
2. e mails, no longer to be dependent on letters, message is passed on faster.

B: learning tool
1. internet can be a form of information safe. information can be obtained from world wide
2. computerised machineries in the factories, efficient, higher yielding in productivity

however, as far as handphones are concerned, there had also been instances where without hp, the individual is literally rendered useless, feeling uneasy and unable to function in their normal daily lives as per usual, which indicate the probability of dependence on hp. internet can also be full of loop holes, and parents unable to monitor on what the children is doing, maybe led astray, went to pornography sites or get to know people who preyed on these innocent children.

IV
in conclusion although technology has helped to solve some of the problems we faced today, it had ironically also created more problems which awaits for solutions such as the unending ethical problems, environmental issues and also the social issues. It cannot be helped that human continues to strive to find the solutions for all of our problems. And due to our ignorance, we will still in the course, create more problems even as others are solved. thus it will still be quite some time before we would ever manage to find a solution for all of our problems.