Evolution

Evolution

  • Submitted By: wck55
  • Date Submitted: 05/09/2013 2:02 AM
  • Category: Philosophy
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In the late nineteenth century, the world entered a new phase characterized by a crazy and ongoing technological race that has lead humanity to one of its most prosperous and richest stages of its long existence. Today, technology plays more than ever a major role in our daily life, putting information and other vital services in anybody’s range. This revolution has completely reshaped the world and affected its population due to the numerous upheavals that have struck and destroyed the old traditions and values. These technological advancements have reanimated the age-old debate over the benefits and detriments of technology and its diversified effects on the population. Indeed, some people do not appreciate this brutal change and consider technology as a way to betray our origins and traditions and promote laziness in the society. Despite making sense, such a claim can be neglected to the benefit of the more obvious positive effects of technology on the population. Hence, we cannot deny the fact that technology is making us “smarter and faster” because it has improved the quality of our environment, enhances our sociability, and trains our brain.

First, Technological breakthroughs make us smarter because of their major role in the improvement of the quality of life. In fact, over the last two decades, technology has completely revolutionized our surrounding environment eradicating the harsh constraints of the past. Such amelioration to the living conditions has changed men’s priority of simple survival into having the best and most varied education. According to Malcolm Gladwell , a famous British reporter and historian , the continuous raise of the American average I.Q. in the last decades is not the fruit of...

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