Humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so. Technological innovations have taken place, but the overall condition of humanity is no better. War, violence and poverty are still with us. Technology cannot change the condition of humanity.

Do technology and innovation provide solutions for violence and poverty, or are they the cause of some of the today’s problems hindering the progress of humanity? The speaker claims that technology cannot bring about changes in humanity, for the reason that famine and calamity caused by human error still exist. I disagree that the remark, because the speaker gives undue value to responsibility of technology for advancement of human condition. Specifically, America and its allied countries are still fighting for the war against terrorism, while the people living in some areas around the world suffer from a lack of shelter, food and medicine. Otherwise, I am of the opinion that, it is undeniable that technological innovations have made spectacular improvements on the conditions of human life in the past century.

Admittedly, past century’s inventions have not yet solved the problems of humanity. To be specific, it is a true that automobiles are often used as the convoy of the soldiers and satellites are also employed as pivotal tool for conducting modern missile attacking system, despite the fact we have had comfort and convenient life because of those helpful modern inventions. However, it is hard to say that the misfortunes in mankind are the full liability of technology. Innovations have made from good will to make a progress in human history, not for the harmful intention. For instance, dynamite was initially invented by Alfred Novel. His intention was to use the bomb helpful for work in mine, instead of using dangerous liquid bomb. Unlike his motive, the bomb was used for wars and violence. He was tormented by a guilty conscience. Thus before his dying breath, he contributed to the birth of the prize, which is awarded for those who commit to peace and progress of the world, named “Nobel Prize”. Therefore, many disasters seen in the world is not solely because of technology, but resulted from indiscreet use of technology of the human being.

On the contrary, progress in technology field has led to good results in terms of solving poverty in the world. For example, green revolution in the 1960s, played important role in increasing crop yield. Increased grain production could help to reduce famine in many developing countries at the time. In addition, there has been a movement to apply technology to increasing condition of humanity in the developing countries. The movement is called as “Appropriate technology.” Appropriate technology is focused on how to practically help marginalized people without charging them for high cost. Lifestraw is a good example of Appropriate technology, because it functions as good drinking water supply tool by eliminating impurities immediately from water with bad quality. This is how advancement in technology helps improvement of humanity.

An old maxim said, “where there’s a will, there’s a way.” If technological innovations go with good intention, it will bring about significant change in conditions of human life as we have seen in the foregoing examples. The important thing is how technological strides are used for which reasons. In this regard, I am not fully in favor of the statement that technology cannot contribute to any good change in humanity. 

Humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so. Technological innovations have taken place, but the overall condition of humanity is no better. War, violence and poverty are still with us. Technology cannot change the condition of humanity.

Do technology and innovation provide solutions for violence and poverty, or are they the cause of some of the today’s problems hindering the progress of humanity? The speaker claims that technology cannot bring about changes in humanity, for the reason that famine and calamity caused by humans still exist. I disagree with that the remark, because the speaker undervalues the responsibility of technology for the advancement of the human condition. Specifically, America and its allied countries are still fighting the war against terrorism, while the people living in some areas around the world suffer from a lack of shelter, food and medicine. Otherwise, I am of the opinion that, it is undeniable that technological innovations have made spectacular improvements in the conditions of human living in the past century.

Admittedly, the past century’s inventions have not yet solved the problems of humanity. To be specific, it is true that automobiles are often used as the transport of soldiers, and satellites are also employed as a pivotal tool for conducting modern missile attacks, despite the fact, we have had comfort and convenient lives because of these remarkable modern inventions. However, it is hard to say that the misfortunes suffered by mankind are the full responsibility of technology. Innovations have been made with goodwill to help the progression in human history, rather than with malice. For instance, dynamite was initially invented by Alfred Novel. His intention was to use dynamite as a helpful tool for work in mines, instead of being used as a liquid bomb. Despite Alfred Nobel's motives, the bomb was used for wars and violence. He was tormented by a guilty conscience. Thus with his dying breath, he contributed to the birth of a prize, which is awarded for those who commit to the peace and progress of the world. The “Nobel Prize” is his legacy. Therefore, many disasters seen around the world are not solely because of technology, but are the result of indiscreet use of technology by human beings.

On the contrary, progress in technological fields has led to good results in terms of solving poverty around the world. For example, the green revolution in the 1960s, played an important role in increasing crop yields. Increased grain production  helped to reduce famine in many developing countries at the time. In addition, there has been a movement in applying technology to increasing living conditions in developing countries. The movement is called  “Appropriate technology.” Appropriate technology is focused on how to practically help marginalized people without charging them a high cost. Lifestraw is a good example of Appropriate technology, because it functions as a good drinking water supply tool by eliminating impurities from poor quality water. This is how the advancement in technology helps the improvement of humanity.

An old maxim said, “where there’s a will, there’s a way.” If technological innovations are made with good intentions, it will bring about significant change in peoples' lives as we have seen in the preceeding examples. The important thing is how technological advancements are used. In this regard, I am not fully in favor of the statement that technology cannot contribute to any good changes in humanity.