Technology is what separates humans from lower life forms. To say that technology will be the end of us is wrong. Where would civilization be without the technology of the spear and farming tools? The technological advances today grows faster and faster with every second and minute. The internet is a world wide phenomenon that allows the planet to stay connected.
With the growing popular usage of the internet, we can stay connected anywhere anytime. This is extremely useful in the medical field. To help doctors and nurses stay up to date on patients is key to saving lives. With real time updates, the patient will not be bombarded with mistakes and given wrong medicines due to outdated charts. It will also speed up the process from one end of the hospital to the other. To give up this technology would be ethically wrong.
To control the internet would tear the system apart. It would be an outrage to the public to find out the government is watching us. Everyone should be akin to the ideas of the world, so everyone can decide for themselves. I believe we should embrace the idea of a network fused between everyone. This will connect people in ways never imagined. It can dissolve a world crisis by keeping everyone informed and allowing anyone to help. Instead of sitting helplessly in your home, you could jump on the internet and contribute to helping the hungry and helpless across the planet. If the internet was restricted, then our right to free speech would be invalid. Freedom in the internet is one of the few places people can go to anonymously.
Maybe we should ask questions about the harm of technology, but why? Like some people say, “if it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it.” We’re doing what we can with what we have. Technology will advance us as a people and can fix global warming in time, but it won’t help if we are restricted. All the talk of making stem cell research illegal hinders us. If doing this research can save a person’s life, should we worry about what could have been or what we’re losing now?
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and those opinions should be allowed to be expressed. Restrictions on a free market like the internet shouldn’t be allowed. Like-minded people connect and share their ideas over this medium. It wasn’t too long ago when the United States came to be because of revolutionaries with ideas of freedom came together to start something new.
