Is Technology really helping us more then it might be hurting us?

Question

Does technology fundamentally improve your quality of life?
New technology always seems to demand more and more new sets of other technology in order to support it.

Do we really need things like automated Toilets/Sinks, Hand Dryers/Soap Dispensers, Cell Phones/Microwaves, Go-gurt (mobile yogurt), Power Bars?, and the Breath Strip?...
These are just a few examples...of so called "technological advances" over the century, and while they've benefited us greatly, they cause frustration with small/simple everyday things, bringing on laziness, unhappiness, and general dissatisfaction.

So, would you say it all results in more good then bad?

Answer 1

Technology changes life. Drawing a line between too little and too much is strange occupation.
At one point, toilet paper, simple sanitation, smoke signals, hermetic sealing of foods, nutritional analysis, and dental hygene were all new technologies.
Now, bionic legs, MRIs, GoogleMaps, insulin, Broadcast TV, and weather satellites provide benefits and some potential difficulties. It all comes back to what we, as a society fragmanted by technology, ultimately will do with our creativity.
We are human, not immortal. If the purpose of life is not to challenge Destiny, then it must be to accept it.
Challenging human progress is not the answer. Challenging human nature might be, but even that is a form of technology.

Answer 2

bad.