Modernisation refers to a model of a progressive transition from a 'pre-modern' or ' traditional ' to a 'modern' society. Technology is the collection of techniques, skills , methods and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the
accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation. Technology can be the knowledge of techniques, processes, etc. or it can be embedded in machines, computers, devices and factories, which can be operated by individuals without detailed knowledge of the workings of such things. We can then arrive at a conclusion that modernisation and technology work hand in hand to develop our contemporary society.
Although the importance of technology advancement and modernisation cannot be overemphasized in our society today, modernisation does not emerge without its own vices. And we shall be discussing some of these vices in this article.
VICES OF MODERNISATION.
THE vices or disadvantages of modernisation includes the following:
1. Mankind's violent nature: technology has lead to the invention of numerous weapons that have lead to the deaths of nearly a billion people over our history (e.g use of bomb, automatic rifle, sword and shield).
2. Over dependence: we have become over dependent on our machinery and cannot seem to function without it: (dependence on computers, television, automobiles.)
3. Related to the above is sloth: As machinery picks up the slack humans tend to become lazy.(for example most mathematical question were now solved with computers, rather than the painstaking process of the brain, the use of vacuum cleaners, washing machine, dishwasher etc also culminate to laziness)
4. Death of written arts: As television and the internet and gaming increase in popularity, pieces of written work fall into the background of culture. Most people in
the younger age group were unaware of the lord of the rings until it was filmed.
5. Lose of local work: As the ability of satellite and telephone conferencing becomes more available it is possible to send more jobs abroad.
6 . Health problems: as the automobile has slowly progressed so has its fuel. The formula for gasoline has changed several times, one of the most harmful was a
gasoline mixture with beryllium in it with has been proven to cause cancer.
7 . Transference of technology to less mature users: It is widely known that the USA has given technology for war use to Israel and other countries in times of crisis, but what isn't well known is that the Taliban was a guerrilla group armed and trained by the United States that was meant to drive Communist Russia out of
Afghanistan. After the Russians were defeated in Afghanistan in the 80's the people they trained formed terrorist groups (The Taliban) that were responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
8. Cloning: While making a perfect Identical clone is currently impossible there is a problem with the basic genetic markers in most animal DNA that causes a major problem. There are markers of unknown quantity in all mammal DNA these markers decay and get shorter every time they are replicated which is what is theorized to cause aging. If you take DNA from a forty year old and create a child using said DNA the child's DNA will have the same age markers giving the child a 20-35 year life span. Meaning the clone is the same age as the DNA giver, even though it looks like a child.
Dolly the sheep and her clone died at nearly the same time despite a vast age difference. But if cloning was to be successful, jus imagine how brilliant a rich man kid could be when he could easily clone Einstein or 1 of the geniuses of his time. Just saying.
9. Pollution: It causes harm to the atmosphere and oceans. The rate of atmospheric CO2 is increasing dramatically and it bears the signature of our automobiles. There is a mass and charge difference between the CO2 that power plants and cars produce vs natural CO2, but this is kept from the public to
attempt to keep us burning fuel worry free. CO2 in the air cause acid rain or carbonic acid H2CO2 to form... it has lowered the pH in some parts of the ocean from 8
to 6.5.
10. Doomsday scenarios: there are many doomsday scenarios like nuclear holocaust and man made virus
problems but one of my favorites is the GRAY GOD theory. In this theory self replicating nano robots smaller than most cells are created to do various jobs.
One of the theorized jobs is to remove floating oil from the ocean after an oil spill. Oil is mostly carbon so the bots need to be programmed to eat this particular carbon, but it is thought if they malfunction they may eat all carbon! Meaning Zillions of self replicating carbon hungry monsters, light enough to be evaporated with water and rained down world wide, would eat every thing carbon on the planet! reducing trees, plants and animals to a grayish colored goo. What a slow and painful death that would be...
Of certainty is the fact, God will not destroy earth just like in the time of Noah, we shall kill our home by our own hands through nuclear wars, pollution and arbitrary advancement in technology Inter alia if we don't take extra caution.
In conclusion, modernisation and technology advancement cannot be stop, because it is a necessary evil, it is of great importance to the development of man and at the same time it is creating a path for the destruction of man. Since a society cannot refrain from been modern, I did advice that the international community should step up their caution on the use of technologies just as to prolong the existence of MAN AND EARTH.
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