The Recent Negative Effect Of Technology On Society

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then ever before. All of these technological
advances sound great, however, there is a negative effect to all this technology.
Technology can serve to actually harm humans rather then help them. Competition
between companies or even cities can sometimes make lives for humans even worse.
Take for example when a city builds better and more roads to attract tourists.
This actually creates more traffic, not less. Technology also changes our sense
of common purpose. New inventions such as the personal computer and machines
can change our lifestyles. Even things we take for granted such as the
automobile have negative effects on technology. The oil needed for a car to run
needs to be imported and sometimes accidents such as the Exxon Valdez incident
spills many gallons of oil into the ocean. All of these examples show how
technology has negative effects on society.
First, competition can lead to a negative effect of technology. When a
company in the U.S. produces shoes and ...

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and more pollution. There will be other side effects as well. Real
estate values of areas near the highway could go down. Competition can help a
community in one aspect however it can hurt it as well. Competition can
directly stimulate the economy, however, long term effects such as pollution and
the loss of jobs could explain why the City of New York doesn't complete a
project like this.
Second, technology can change our sense of common purpose. For millions
of years, mankind has been used to doing everything for themselves. For a long
time peoples' main concerns were survival. To survive means to go out into the
woods or forests and shoot animals for the food which the ...

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