Did technological advance always lead to human "advances"? explain?

Answer 1

It seems inevitable that the ABILITY to do something means that we will soon implement it. We had the ability to cause vast thermonuclear destruction and we used it twice. We learned to genetically engineer organisms and that technology is now widely used in agriculture. It's only a matter of time before we accept other applications of it, i.e. genetically modified adaptations in humans.

Technological advances result in two different kinds of outcomes. One might be the inventions that make our lives simpler and easier, time- and labor-saving devices like computers, microwave ovens and cell phones. And let's not forget medical technologies like lasik surgery.
The other is more troubling becauase it involves morality and raises the question of whether, simply because we have the technology, we are justified in employing it. We have the abiity to manipulate genes in utero to create "designer" babies, but is this an ethical use of the technology? And then there's the muddy question of nuclear power. It's a clean source of energy in a polluted world, but leaves behind waste that will be radioactive for tens of thousands of years.

It was Harry Truman who said something about technology having outpaced morality. Wish I could remember the exact quote - because it's there the real problem lies.

Answer 2

I don't think so. Advances lead to dependence. We invented time and then we became slaves to it (time to get up, time to eat a meal, time to go to work, etc.), we invented electricity and now we really can't live without it, we invented automobiles and every American really needs at least one, we invented television and the last couple of generations have used it as a surrogate parent, we invented computers and now so many things rely on them that it really causes problems when they go down...See how technology isn't always a good thing?

Answer 3

No. Look at all the weaponry.In fact , human beings are the only species that has the intellect and the wherewithal to self-destruct. That power comes from technology.