Is rise of technology good?

Question

The rise of technology in warfare is more of a bane or a boon?

Answer 1

Boon. Technology has enabled the United States to become the most effective fighting force in the history of the world. All services are linked into communication's networks providing real-time battlefield intelligence.

Technology saves US and Civilian lives. US Casualties in this war are remarkably small. While there have been civilian casualties, they are dramatically reduced from previous conflicts of this scale. The Days of carpet bombing cities are over. Can you imagine what civilian casualties would be like if there were no smart weapons and the US was flying B-52's over cities laying waste to whole sections? Technology is a definite boon!

Answer 2

Technology in warfare is a boon for the side that had been blessed with it provided it works and a bane for those without it that face the one's with this technology in weaponry!

The purpose of weapon technology is to maximize military target damage and to minimize civilian collateral damage.

We have come a long way's baby!

Answer 3

Its both. Technology provides new and improved ways of killing. It also provides new and improved ways of saving lives. Technology does not exist in a vacuum, so there is also a beneficial carry over into non-military uses. Nuclear weapons aside, technology per se is more a boon than a bane.

Answer 4

Boon because it made warfare easier both for militaries and for self-defence (assuming these operators are responsible). Bane because it allows us to kill more of our enemies (and others) than we possibly could with bare hands or a sword and bow and gives power to those who should not wield it (North Korea being just the latest in a long line of lunatic nations). If you want technology gone however...go ask Ted Kaczinski (a.k.a. the Unabomber) on how to live then.

Answer 5

Well, it de-personalises it. Makes it easier to kill people. But that process has being going on apace down the ages. Anybody can press a button. I doubt that many people today would have the stomach for the way warfare used to be conducted. Might the question be, " do you kill them fast or slow"?

Although it's probably a bane, you wouldn't be able to stop it without stopping the development of all technology.

Answer 6

Certainly it is a boon. After all, we have learned through technology how to kill more people faster. I am sure that the inventor of the long bow and then the cross-bow should have become heroes. When Maxin invented a type of machine gun, and the weapon proved so successful in a battle in Africa in which 50 some men killed about 3,000 Zulu warriors, it was such a noble accomplishment that Queen Victoria knighted him! (Previously his claim to fame was a mouse trap). Such inventors are household words and the names of Smith & Wesson, Colt, Vickers and others are as well known as Al Gore. I am being ironical, but to demonstate by fact, that without such weapons, perhaps we might have peace.

Answer 7

It's a boon to those with the best and most technology, a bane to those whose armies rely on more primitive methods.

Answer 8

It is a boon. The rise of technology has allowed us to conduct operations in Iraq while harming fewer civilians than any similar campaign in history.

Hint: it is not our side killing the civilians over there.

Answer 9

I think we need only look at the current state of the world to realize that humanity, in general, lacks the maturity and responsibility to use technology for the prosperity of all.

It will one day become the bane of us all.

Answer 10

There is no doubt in it. There is change of outlook. A revolution in life style of people ,a greater understanding of law of nature...future of mankind depends upon advancement in technology. Unfortunately its use for destructive purpose is alarming and great threat to world peace.