The impact of technology on the intellectual prowess of human has always been an aspect to be concerned about.Technology has evolved and made a lot of things easier to us. However, we can't deny over reliance on technology .Today, our world is completely dependent on technology right from Space program, Stock Market, Grocery store e.t.c.There are two aspects of looking at it, one- that we are progressing and focusing more on the bigger picture and passing all the redundant work to the computer, on the other hand we are so much dependent on technology that we neither have any alternatives nor we have the practice of doing it.
A space program for instance has so many decisions such as constant tracking of the trajectory, monitoring the health of the external structure,feedback from the fuel chamber e.t.c. These tasks are virtually impossible for human being who is right now working on the bigger picture of successful payload deployment, experiments in outer space and more such holistic milestones. Someday technology may make these task easier when man will be working on a bigger problem than this.Today, we boast of long distance medical support. When we look at this in the perspective of its impact on human development, we find that technology has only reduced the problem related to accessibility.Further, it has given the doctor to work on the new disease and eventually contributing to intellectual development.
On the other side, the use of technology to simple calculations and aspects where decisions are made just by the results from machines are also increasing. This has resulted in people not understanding the reality . During a structural analysis class, we were asked to use Finite element analysis for solving a problem. The Software package threw us a value which was impractical but it did not create a shock in us.We did not understand the practical numbers that we have to expect and also the underlying error in calculation . These instances may be indicative of such a conclusion made by this statement.But when I have to weigh the technology's impact on intellectual development, I would conclude that the use and misuse of technology lies with us.Whether we want to use it to our advantage and work on more complex problems or rely on it for simple problems and escape the mental exercise is a decision that we have to take.
A space program for instance has so many decisions such as constant tracking of the trajectory, monitoring the health of the external structure,feedback from the fuel chamber e.t.c. These tasks are virtually impossible for human being who is right now working on the bigger picture of successful payload deployment, experiments in outer space and more such holistic milestones. Someday technology may make these task easier when man will be working on a bigger problem than this.Today, we boast of long distance medical support. When we look at this in the perspective of its impact on human development, we find that technology has only reduced the problem related to accessibility.Further, it has given the doctor to work on the new disease and eventually contributing to intellectual development.
On the other side, the use of technology to simple calculations and aspects where decisions are made just by the results from machines are also increasing. This has resulted in people not understanding the reality . During a structural analysis class, we were asked to use Finite element analysis for solving a problem. The Software package threw us a value which was impractical but it did not create a shock in us.We did not understand the practical numbers that we have to expect and also the underlying error in calculation . These instances may be indicative of such a conclusion made by this statement.But when I have to weigh the technology's impact on intellectual development, I would conclude that the use and misuse of technology lies with us.Whether we want to use it to our advantage and work on more complex problems or rely on it for simple problems and escape the mental exercise is a decision that we have to take.
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