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speech on science a boon or a curse
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boon and curse
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it is good for people who like it and bad for people who like it i don't know if like it or not
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Science and technology have been great assets for mankind. They have made our lives comfortable. They have proved to be the main tools in our development. This led to our late President to say, but with a caveat, “Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.” The caveat of not distorting science put up by the noted scientist has been lost sight of by people the world over as they have kept themselves busy enjoying its fruits. The great scientist Einstein expressed his view on the issue by saying, “The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything, save our modes of thinking and we thus drift towards unparalleled catastrophe.” Einstein revolutionized science by giving one of the greatest equations linking mass with energy when he said ‘E=mc2’ (E being energy, m, mass, and c, velocity of light). This equation has resulted in the gift of atomic power to us but it also led to the creation of the dreadful atom and hydrogen bombs by scientists later. Science and technology if used positively take us to greater heights in our development but if used negatively can also completely ruin us.
Let us look at the most commonly used instrument like the mobile phone, created by technology. There is no doubt about its usefulness. Added to it is the feature of the new way of messaging provided by WhatsApp. In a short time, WhatsApp has emerged as the biggest social media platform. India has the largest number of subscribers with WhatsApp. The popularity of WhatsApp is based on its liking by the people. It has changed the habits of subscribers. But there is a negative side to the use of mobile phones and WhatsApp platform, and the same cannot be ignored as they affect us socially, mentally and physically. Life was more simple when Apple and Blackberry were just fruits, and not smart phones.
Social misfits?
Earlier social interaction used to be based more on personal meetings. The new technology has put people in isolation. Messaging on WhatsApp has replaced physical interaction. This has resulted in a lack of social skills among new age people and this is affecting the social side of their personality. Due to the lack of physical movement, the physical health of people gets affected. There is a rise in obesity and lifestyle diseases like diabetes and blood pressure. People become lazy as WhatsApp and smart phones serve their purpose. People become addicted to mobile phones at the cost of their mental health and good sleep. The new technology also causes lack of privacy, as these social media companies know about your friends, your movements and your personality traits. Subscriber data is used for commercial advertisement and also sometimes for the political needs of political parties. It is sad to see small children getting hooked to it which spoils their concentration and affects their studies. In recent times it was observed that social media platform WhatsApp was used to spread rumors which resulted in anti-social activities. Incidents of lynching have been linked to these rumors on WhatsApp. These negatives cannot be ignored while enjoying the usefulness of the new technology.
Nip the negative
Industries have proved to be a great boon to the society. They produce products for our use and for development. But there are also some negatives which must be curbed while running industries to enjoy their unabated benefits. One prominent side-effect of the industrial process is the rise of pollution. This can be minimized if the manufacturing facilities use the simultaneous process of pollution control. We all know that pollution directly affects the health of the people and causes several diseases. Large scale pollution can cause global warming, green house effect and climate change. We regularly see droughts and floods in areas which were not affected in earlier times and this is all due to climate change of which pollution is the most important trigger. While industrialization has created a developed world, there is an added problem to it. The problem is required to be nipped in the bud, otherwise it will turn into a crisis.
“The entire knowledge of the world is at our finger tips due to internet connectivity, but at the same time we have rising cases of cyber-crime developed by a scientific mind. Recently a bank in Pune was robbed off Rs.96 crore clone debit cards operated from many countries”mind.