Technology Boon or Bane

We live in a technology-driven world. There are products to help aid our comforts on a touch of a button. We live, breath and sleep with technology fumes (electromagnetic rays) all around us. Smartphones are used to talk, text and with their utility being extended to other personal aspects, they have become our integral part. Technology innovation emerging from science and exploration has become the need. Technology is slowly moving from real-world objects into the virtual world. It was easy and convenient to carry credit cards rather than having the burden to hold cash. Now, there is a virtual wallet programmed to replace credit cards. Many businesses also entertain transactions in Bitcoin which uses blockchain technology. Tech giants are pitching their products to combine blockchain technology and the Internet of Things to be used in consumers day to day life from equipment service reminders, transfer money and to make payments.
The information from personal banking, paying bills, games, education, books, maps, a personal planner can be organized in a gadget. All our personal data is available in a virtual (though stored in physical locations) space called the cloud. Our data can be shared across all the systems. Science and Technology have become the new agenda and is sought after by many. Every middle-class household has at least 2-3 tech gadgets. In medium income household having a cell phone and a computer is a norm. Computers and cell phones have become an integral part of a teenager. Often teens place their phones under their pillows when they sleep to talk or text. Most of the information is available on the Internet. Even bathrooms have tech gadgets like automatic toothbrush, paste dispenser - one needs to just place the brush near the nozzle of the paste, the sensor senses the brush and the paste is automatically placed on the brush.
Technology in the health sector has boomed rapidly. Many patients are treated and operated by doctors using highly specialized gadgets. Many famous personalities and scientists have been rumoured to have opted for Cryogenize (freeze) their brain in the hope for technology to be a​dvanced in the future, to make them alive again. 

With recent threats and breach of consumer data, how much can many technologies be trusted? Does privacy and security of the consumer mater anymore? For every free digital service or media that we use, our information is automatically breached by third-party marketers or content providers.
Is this a boon or a bane? For a Technology savvy business person reaping profits, sure this is a perfect world. But, for a person to whom these gadgets are fascinating objects, may not have the means or knowledge to know them, or has the knowledge but do not use them, would it be a boon? The latter constitute more than 60 percent in the world. So do we curse Technology or accept it for the better or worse?​ 

Images above :- Invention of wheel and atomic bomb explosion.
Images below :- Stress and space debris traveling around the globe.

There certainly have been inventions since humans first evolved on this planet. But every good tool /product /invention/thoughts that were considered beneficial to the society has also given rise to bad/evil as a byproduct. When thought wisely and not taken literally, we can read many instances of it in mythological stories. Many inventions/ thoughts could not survive and ceased to exist over time,
when the bad/evil byproducts became dominant and reduced it's overall good effect on the society. Each century must have produced many powerful leaders who had the power to handle/ absorb and eradicate the evil byproducts so as to benefit the society. So the effect of technology and its consequences on society should not be any different from other great inventions and its consequence in the past. For every good invention, there needs to be a great leader who is powerful enough to remove bad effects/causes that can be detrimental to the society. If not, the consequences are such that the bad effects can overpower its good effects and can become evil. Nature with all its power is the best example as it can absorb and destroy all the negative forces, for life to thrive and survive. A good leader unbiased and not influenced by external factors can foster technologies goodness to people. In return, the society also respected the hero with their loyalty.
​There is no good or bad technology. The way we use technology or the companies that do not use them wisely are either good or bad. Technology if used as a tool, with a great company leader and a company with strong ethics to control it, has and will aid humans. It is for us to decide if technology out there is absolutely necessary, can be trusted or not. The free content available on the Internet has empowered us but also to a large extent made us totally dependent on it. At the end of the day, it is the consumers choice to get the required knowledge and use their common sense. The consumer has the absolute power to resist, make an informed decision and choose wisely. Consumers having a choice and making an informed decision, has this become a Utopian world? 
It is now more than necessary to have knowledge of computer science to make an informed decision about technology and its usage. It is not just important to use technology and gadgets as a tool but also knows the science behind it. It is important to have computer science as a part of school curriculum and students taught the basics of computer science. We use the internet and get frustrated if the speed is slightly less. We are sad and try to bang the device as we cannot download our favorite music or a movie. Even adults need to have the basic understanding of the science behind common household gadgets like the router, modem, their speeds and other broadband terms.
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