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Ended:09/09/16
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Does Technological Progress Do More Harm Than Good?

Technological Progress is Good

Side Score: 104
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Technological Progress Is Bad

Side Score: 143
Winning Side!
8 points

The importance of technology in our daily lives is undeniable. This is due to the fact that in today’s dynamic world, life without technology is meaningless. Technology, which basically refers to bringing together tools that ease creation, use and exchange of information, has a major goal of making tasks easier to execute as well as solving many mankind’s problems. As technology continues to advance and direct even more easiness in our lives, there is a need to stress how advantageous it has been to our lives.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
ZachBP5-6(12) Disputed Banned
1 point

that is so wrong. technology will kill us. robots will come from the ground like zombies do in the walking dead. and all the fat kids will be controlling them. so we will all be slaves. and work for the government. Hitler isn't dead. Harambe is still alive.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
0 points

i agree hehe Xd................................................................

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
5 points

New technology progress is good because it helps keep the earth updated with society and to know what's going on in the world and can potentially save lives and they help with war and everyday needs. :)

Side: Technological Progress is Good
4 points

Technology has weighed heavily on society and shaped it into what it is today. Many great things have came to be due to technology, Life support, Different Security systems, cellular devices, and even different equipment to make everyday life easier. Life support allows for someone who is unable to sustain regular vitals during different surgeries or major traumas and goes along with major medical and technological advances the adaptation of technology into our society has altered and even saved the countless number of lives in today’s world. “ According to Alarm System Report, over 2 million home burglaries are reported in the United States each year and, on average, a burglary of a home in the U.S. occurs every 13 seconds” many people are in danger even within their own homes and a home is where you can keep your family and protect them, but unethical people threaten that peace. Today's technology allows people to sleep with peace of mind knowing their family is safe with security systems. Cellular phones have come a long way and makes communication with a loved one or long lost friend an ease, People are able to contact one another within minutes with the push of a few buttons and that brings society together and has proved to do good and to keep people in constant contact. Different devices are used on a regular basis that allow us to follow our daily routine with fewer problems than in the past, we can make different foods with technology (Microwaves, blenders, deep fryers) and with certain food expertise safely eat foods. Different technological advancements in today's world has proven to benefit the people from different walks of life. So I believe Technological Progress has done more good than harm

Side: Technological Progress is Good

Providing it is used for the benefit of mankind and not misused to increase the power of a few individuals over the so called masses, then it is good.

Whether it's good or bad is peripheral as theres is no stopping ever expanding the frontiers of science and technology.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
4 points

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Side: Technological Progress is Good
4 points

Technology is good because it helps people learn and get better grades. This helps them get better grades because if you are wanting to check your phone every second and you can't then you will not be able to focus very well so we should have a time like in the hallway and in lunch and maybe even little breaks to get our mind off it and then you could be able to focus more. Also, it could help students with like say world languages classes and if they need a little help looking up words or something like that to help them with their homework or even to study. People all over the world at home in school and even out when they are going around and shopping etc. They are using technology if it is to look something up or even transport them somewhere. So technology should continue to grow and get better everywhere.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
3 points

Technology is good because it helps humans advance in the world. It also helps you advance in your life.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
3 points

Technology is one of the main forces that drives our daily lives. Whether you know it or not (unless u live in a shack like zack(OMG THAT RHYMES)), you use technology every day. The advances in technology are saving people everyday, whether in medicine or weaponry. Technology solves many of mankind's problems as well as made daily tasks even easier.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
3 points

New technology progress is good because it helps keep the earth updated with society and to know what's going on in the world and everyday needs. It can have advancements beyond what the human can imagine.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
2 points

Technological advancement is not only good but essential to living in the world. Vaccines are essential today for fighting not only present day viruses but also past viruses. For example, the bubonic plague, the disease responsible for one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, currently has a 1-15% mortality rate compared to the 40-60% mortality rate when not treated. This plague also wiped out 60% of Europe's entire population. Vaccines have made this disease curable to the point today it isn’t even a threat. Technology also allows us to progress in research of any field. If we have the ability to learn the cure to any disease, bio-chemical warfare becomes insignificant if we can just treat the people being harmed. As long as technology keeps advancing, past technology becomes inferior. This applies to both military and civilian life. We have new technology that makes the old technology harmless. For example, a ship that is made out of wood compared to a ship made of steel will be significantly worse than the ship with steel. This allows transportation and military use to benefit from the new technology. Tech doesn’t need to be purely military or health related either, it can be educational as well. Technology enables us to learn nearly anything with a press of a couple keys. This is extremely useful, but it can always be improved with technology. The argument against technology usually deals with ethics, that it is making us less human and more robot. However, human life has changed consistently throughout the ages and we are still human. We just have more tools to make human life easier and safer for those who use it.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
2 points

Technological progression is very important in our society. Technology makes our lives in almost every way imaginable. It makes education in schools quick and easy with all the tools such as computers. Transportation is safe and efficient with modern advancements in technology. Our planes are now safe enough to use for the public which allows people to get to where they need to go without having to make long journeys on land. Communication has also vastly improved as we have the internet which allows people in completely different regions of the world to communicate and share information in moments. Some may think that technology will cause the human race to become too lazy and dependent, but the truth is, as much as technology helps, it can’t do absolutely everything for us. Until a hyper intelligent AI is created, robots still do not have the ability to think as freely as humans. Technology will not take over our roles completely, just make life easier.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
2 points

The growth of technology is a good thing we can advance in medical fields and in other fields that can benefit us. The other reason that technology can be good is that it can be used in war to prevent the loss of life in battle. The growth of technology is a bad thing because the growth can lead to more death because the way we are going the enemy can get a hold of this technology and use it against us. This is wrong because with the growth of technology can bring in new locks so we can't leave or lose our drones.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
2 points

I think that technological advancement is good because it helps advance our minds as humans and expands the advancement not just in tech but in medicine, food, and everything that involves agriculture. Technology advancing has created an open gate for communication to grow and be put up to talk to everyone. Some may not agree and say you could just talk to someone or farming doesn't need technology when you have tools or medicine is fine without tech involved, but they are wrong. Why go through all the trouble to talk to someone directly when you can just text or call? In farming...tools are basically technology just not advanced agriculture and without tech medicine would not be tested and people would still rely on luck.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
MaxrP5-6(13) Banned
1 point

I'm Rick Harrison, and this is my pawn shop. I work here with my old man and my son, Big Hoss. Everything in here has a story and a price. One thing I've learned after 21 years - you never know WHAT is gonna come through that door. CHUMLEE IS HARAMBEEEEE. HARRAMBER

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

Technology is a good thing because if we didn't have it then we would have sickness and hot food and having it evolve gets are world to transform and change so that we can evolve it in multiple ways. With progress of hundreds of people helping to transform our world of technology we have ways to save the world and lives instead of telling someone that there is nothing to do for that person.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
ZachBP5-6(12) Banned
1 point

The importance of technology in our daily lives is undeniable. This is due to the fact that in today’s dynamic world, life without technology is meaningless. Technology, which basically refers to bringing together tools that ease creation, use and exchange of information, has a major goal of making tasks easier to execute as well as solving many mankind’s problems. As technology continues to advance and direct even more easiness in our lives, there is a need to stress how advantageous it has been to our lives. (he took mine)

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

Although students may check social media during class, technology is still beneficial to society in many ways. For example, technology is used quite often during school to help the students learn at their own pace. If students can work at their own pace, they are more likely to remember what they learned. Also, if the students are able to work at their own pace on computers, tablets, etc., it will free up time for the students who have questions or need assistance can get the attention they need.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

Technology only benefits the world in many ways.

People can't live in the past the world is advancing technologically.

One huge reason technology is beneficial is that it helps students all around the world. Students use technology every single day to help them learn. Technology is something that makes a lot of impossible things possible. Such as world communications. What people don't realize is that everything they use is technology. Even the people who argue against this use technology every single day and it benefits them. An alarm clock that wakes you up in the morning,your coffee maker,your car! All these things are technology and only impacts it positively. There are always negatives. But you cannot sit and point out the negative to every positive.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

Modern technology makes our everyday life easier. Today we can look things up easier since we have computers, tablets etc. but before you had to look it up in an encyclopedia, which takes much longer time. We also have things such as cars today. Before you had them you went everywhere by horse and carriage or walked which also takes a lot longer time than to take your car.

One argument against modern technology is that it is distracting the children from the important stuff, such as the teacher in the classroom or from homework. What is important to remember is that even though it can be a distraction, the teachers can determine themselves whether their students are allowed to have their phones in their classroom and if it is a distraction the teacher can take the distracting object away from the student. Phones and similar technical objects can also be used in a good way. For example to search information the schools’ books doesn’t cover.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

I think that technological progress is essentially good because it can help us keep up with society. New technology is also helping with illnesses. It's helping to come up with new medicine for the people that really need it. Some people might think that it's getting way too advanced and it could possible affect the earth but, I think if the technology gets super advanced there might be a point where it could help the earth in some way. Technology is here for a reason and we should make the most out of it so that it can help us make things easier and better.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
DylanH7-8(2) Banned
1 point

Technology is one of the only ways we can separate ourselves from being animals. Without technology we would still be rubbing sticks together to create fire. With technology we have been able to create machines to make our lives infinitely easier than when we were just cavemen. People who think that technology is harmful may say that technology will destroy humanity. However technology is much more likely to improve our society more than imaginable.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

Why I believe Technology is Good.

Technology progression is good because it allows us to do more things quicker and allows us to present projects or assignments quicker and easier through programs like Google slides or Google docs. Technology is also good in military warfare instead of sending troops on the ground and risking lives we can send in drones to do the job for us it’d be a lot safer than sacrificing a soldier in the battlefield. Technology is also good in schools because it can be used as a method of teaching instead of using a whiteboard and markers which can be time consuming and can take a long time however using a computer and a projector can cut that time in half. We are already using technology in our schools through the projectors in our room to the printers in our libraries and offices which help print out the assignments which will later be the homework that same night.

You might say it's bad for your eyes but in the end we have breaks in between the classes and lunch and after school so it shouldn't inflict too much damage on your eyes only if you're glued directly to the screen.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

So far technology has been much more of a benefit to society than a strain to it. Without technology, the arguments were typing out on fresh Google or Word Documents would be written on paper. Technology has been able to bring more societies together than destroy them. We would still be in a “Dark Age” of communication if tech was considered dangerous and only available to extremely important leaders. Technology brings convenience to many, as countries don’t need to put soldiers in combat zones in risk of putting lives on the line. As long as technology is placed in the right hands and won’t be misused for their own desire, tech will still be considered a helpful tool in our everyday lives. At this point you gotta ask yourself this question: How could the human race live without tech?

Side: Technological Progress is Good
WolffeC7-8(3) Disputed Banned
1 point

On the contrary since we are all in the same room we would be talking it out like normal human beings instead of typing to someone 10 feet away from us. There was no such thing as a "Dark Age" of communication. It never was like a broken ankle for humanity it just made humans work harder. And who has the right to put technology in the right hands? Who's hands are the right ones? And what happens if the person with the rights to spread technology is evil? If the human race had to survive one day without a computer, we'd do it the same way we did for the thousands of years before a cell phone was even a concept.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
JasonK7-8(4) Disputed
0 points

There is such thing as a dark age of communication. There was a point in time we didn't know other civilizations existed hence the idea and cultures of different societies could not be communicated. Working harder for less efficiency is not beneficial at all to the human race, hence the need for technology

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

Technology is good because it helps people learn and get better grades. This helps them get better grades because if you are wanting to check your phone every second and you can't then you will not be able to focus very well so we should have a time like in the hallway and in lunch and maybe even little breaks to get our mind off it and then you could be able to focus more. Also, it could help students with like say world languages classes and if they need a little help looking up words or something like that to help them with their homework or even to study. People all over the world at home in school and even out when they are going around and shopping etc. They are using technology if it is to look something up or even transport them somewhere. So technology should continue to grow and get better everywhere.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

Technology is a great thing it helps up everyday whether we realize it or not. Thanks to the advancements of technology we are finding cures to illnesses that were once a death sentence with nanobots, we are able to genetically modify crops in order to boost crop yields and feed billions more people solving world hunger, and even drones for eliminating threats to our country without setting our men's lives at risk. All and all technology is helping the human race create a better world for us all from the united states all the way to Australia.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

There are always advancements in technology and with it comes its up sides. For example how were we able to help out or troops in Iraq to face IEDS? To my recollection it was a piece of technology that scanned the grounds for an object or a flammable liquid. How bout the whole speed dial option on your phone that allows you to make a call without having to type all the numbers. In this case if you were in a certain situation you can call up someone and ask for their help/ advice. And now someone might rebuttal our side saying “Terminators, or AI taking over” well how bout this have you not thought of all the other technology we have developed to counteract a situation like that? Technology operates on different frequencies so your whole Sky Net comment is not relevant for the fact that it will only affect the technology in its own frequency.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

Although people may use technology the wrong way, it is still very useful in today's world. For example, people can use it to come up with cures for illnesses. But at the same time that is can be good for illnesses it can also make diseases that can potentially be used as a weapon. Finally it can also be used for amazing purposes in school. It can be used for textbooks and other studying tools..that is why technology is good.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

Technological Progress Is Good

Our technological progress is good. The technology we have developed has been amazing. We have the most advanced and threatening military because of the technology we have. Also, our education has improved because of technology. Technology is good in general. Lets progress!

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

The path of technological progress is ultimately the path of both human progress and furthered evolution as a species. As humanity shapes the world and itself with its evolving technologies, it tends to create versions of the world and itself that are far improved. While some may claim that technological progress can be utilized to further foul or unjust ends such as terrorism and cyber warfare, this is clearly an improper syllogism; “many weapons and methods of attack are derived from technological advancement” and “progressively advanced weapons continually deal more damage than previously” most certainly does not equate to “all progressing technologies lead to progressively worse realities being enacted.” Regardless of the state of advanced technologies, humans with nefarious purposes have always managed to cause harm to others and the world; therefore, the potential negative outcomes associated with misuse of technology should be overlooked, especially when the observable prospect for global prosperity associated with technological progress is considered. For instance, progression in the research of ANNs (artificial neural networks), a subclass of artificial intelligence, has lead to medical benefits such as earlier detection of diseases as medical data can be more effectively managed; analytical benefits such as weather prediction, data sorting, and complex calculations based on data interrelation; and entertainment value both in conceptualizing the fact that humanity nears the point of intelligently engineering its own eclipse and consuming the fruits of current progress such as Google’s Deep Dream program. Additionally, technological progress is a useful tool and lens through which humanity learns to understand itself. Advancements in global connectivity technologies such as fibre optic cabling, social media, and the prevalence of cell phone signal sources allows for the mixing of cultures and near constant connection to information. People across the globe can connect with each other to learn the ways of other cultures at any time, perpetuating an increase in acceptance of others and understanding of humanity as a whole. Readily accessible information of all sorts aids in personal study and perception for billions of humans throughout the world; as more people receive access to ever-improving information technologies, the average world intelligence and understanding increases, leading to an avalanche effect of prosperity. The overall progress of technology is the strong force leading to furthered progress of humanity as a whole and our evolution as a collective intelligence, a force that is ultimately nothing less than wonderful.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

I think that having technology in your everyday life is a good thing.The reason i think this is because most of the world is ran by technology. The world would not be able to function how it is today without technology. Another reason that it is good to have technology is because we could use technology to find things out of this world and research about them. Also finding out new medicine and cures for certain illnesses and diseases.

The opposing side of this debate is that technology is bad and should not be used in this world.The reason i think this is not true is because we would not have most of the things that we have today because most of it is created by technology.Another reason i think this is a bad point is because without technology being able to find new and undiscovered things in this world whether it's about medicine, health, and space would not be close to possible without the technology we need to do so.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

Hi, i'm here to say blah blah blah of why i think technology is good for people. Then i have to think even more on why it's bad. I haven't had a Smartphone for 5 months, it changes you a lot. I see the myriad of activities done with assistance of smartphones. Who needs to know how to spell anymore when you can simply just spell it close enough and hit the auto correct. In one of my classes we got a sheet about ourselves. A question was if we had a phone. The teacher says how we would use them a lot during class. Proof to We are using devices more and more each day. The question was technology though. Technology makes our lives easier and role in helping us perform tasks more efficiently, efficiency is now an important concept for how fast things move these days. Technology is a great benefit to our learning, and helps us complete tasks. Lastly, our freedom is not restricted because we are allowed access to endless knowledge. An argument would be about military activities and being tracked. We have little difference in the decisions of our nation and they will do things as they will in secret or as public. If we are tracked its their fault for being creeps, if you have nothing to worry about then no worries. Who cares about good or bad, clearly results are it proves to help when used correctly and distract and hinder when it's misused. I didn't devote too many minutes of thinking to this like this is some English paper.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

Technological progress is good for many reasons. One reason is as our world is progressing in the way we live and also is our technology. The second reason is with better technology we can find new ways to educate kids and also more jobs more people.people also say it is bad since people are able to find more ways to get into the system and hack it. But with the technological progression it is finding betters ways to prevent that from happening.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

I would say that it depends on a couple things. Whats being built and who is using it. Weapons are considered a good technological advancement, but in the hands of someone who goes around killing people wouldn't be good. Basically, the technology in and of itself may or may not be harmful or intended for harm. Its whoever uses it that may intend harm

Side: Technological Progress is Good
0 points

Two words. Terminator Defense..............................................

Side: Technological Progress is Good
0 points

There is many reasons why that technology is very positive for society many would debate saying oh it's starting to make our children become very anti social on the contrary that is the opposite people have been way more social ever since they have became introduce to the internet and the major leap to next technological advances like medicine that is a type of form of technology advancement without medicines diseases will begin to take over our world and begin to break us down into nothing more as just perfect powder. Furthermore, Technology is the reason why we the death ratios have dropped significantly. Many would say that another some form of technology such as “Video Games” is a reason why we have many school shootings and a lot of violent behavior. However that is the complete opposite as shown in this article from a Social Worker and Social affairs worker

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/ 03/12/study-finds-no-evidence-violent-video-games-make-children-aggres/ And also there is also another factual evidence that shows legitiment stats that show how the rise of sales show how the violence began to decrease as video games begin to increase shown under this professional website http://videogames.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=003627

It has shown that people who play video games have a shown a create high level academic skills and also are more likely to show aggression.

Furthermore, we have made great strides to create power Nuclear Power plants, Wind Mills and also Dams all of those great strides will help us make a Eco Friendly environment. Additionally, technology will help us keep on having power once our major resources begin deplete.

Also.

Another major point that needs to be addressed “Medical technology” we can help amputees giving them the prosthetics to give them the need to be able to walk and able to grab things as we keep on advancing technology we will begin to have advance prosthetics that will just feel like a normal human arm. https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/08/deus-ex-open-bionics-prosthetic-arm/

Technology is the most wonderful thing about Humanity we make amazing strides in technology surely there will be flaws however as we progress we will become more complex in protecting our technology

Side: Technological Progress is Good
LarrySP5-6(1) Disputed
1 point

Nuclear Power Plants, have proven to be anything but "Eco Friendly" because a source used for Nuclear Power is Uranium and extracting that from the earth has proven to be anything but friendly to its surrounding environment. Although technology is great highlighting like key counterclaims doesn't stand up when some of you "facts" have proven inaccurate.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
0 points

Technology is good because it makes our everyday tasks easier. It also saves lives because it helps get information around so quick. It may come with disadvantages, but it has many more advantages that outnumber them. For example, if were monitoring a country and we find out something bad, it could help us prepare. It is almost necessity to have some sort of device today to keep us up to date. Otherwise, many big things could get to us like natural disasters or other causes with no heads up or warning at all.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
0 points

Technology is good because it helps people learn and get better grades. This helps them get better grades because if you are wanting to check your phone every second and you can't then you will not be able to focus very well so we should have a time like in the hallway and in lunch and maybe even little breaks to get our mind off it and then you could be able to focus more. Also, it could help students with like say world languages classes and if they need a little help looking up words or something like that to help them with their homework or even to study. People all over the world at home in school and even out when they are going around and shopping etc. They are using technology if it is to look something up or even transport them somewhere. So technology should continue to grow and get better everywhere.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
0 points

Technological advancement is a good thing because It makes tasks that could take hours becomes minutes. Without technological advancements we would still be making our clothes by hand and that could take months even years to make the amount of clothes we can make now in a day. Other technological advancements that is almost almost a necessity for all people, is the automobile, every person nowadays has a vehicle that they use to get somewhere quicker than walking, why not improve them to make them even better.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
0 points

Technology advancement in the united states are good. First of all, Why are you even here if you say technology is bad for you you are on the computer and reading this why not you read a book instead of being on the computer and you say it is bad if you want it to be bad and argue the good the throw away or sell your phone,TV,oven,any electrical stuff and live in that.You will regret what you have said. Some people might say technology makes us lazier. What it is really doing is making things easier so we don't have to work as much, not making us lazier. Also advancements in technology create new programs and new jobs. Lastly advancements help solve problems such as diseases. Overall advancements in technology is a good thing.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
-3 points
JakeV-P5-6(1) Disputed
2 points

this is B.S i want proof you fooney loser. i beilcve that the terminators are coming for us and that skynet can't be stopped. THat is why i am stock piling canned food in my basement everytime jewel has a sale on beef stew. Cause that is the Sh*t. i hope the robots convert you u unfaithful loser

fight me M8 1V1 at overwatch

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
-3 points
ErikGP5-6(10) Banned
11 points

I'm Rick Harrison, and this is my pawn shop. I work here with my old man and my son, Big Hoss. Everything in here has a story and a price. One thing I've learned after 21 years - you never know WHAT is gonna come through that door.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
MaxrP5-6(13) Banned
9 points

I'm Rick Harrison, and this is my pawn shop. I work here with my old man and my son, Big Hoss. Everything in here has a story and a price. One thing I've learned after 21 years - you never know WHAT is gonna come through that door. CHUMLEE IS HARAMBEEEEE

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
ZachBP5-6(12) Banned
6 points

this is so true. you just make me want to own a white van and sell breakfast food out of it, to little kids.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
ZachBP5-6(12) Banned
6 points

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Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
WolffeC7-8(3) Disputed Banned
6 points

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Side: Technological Progress is Good
DylanH7-8(2) Disputed Banned
2 points

Unprofessional use of Rick Harrison dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

Side: Technological Progress is Good
10 points

One word. Terminator...................................................

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
ErikGP5-6(10) Banned
4 points

Technological progress without a doubt causes more trouble and has a negative affect more than it's positives. As society grows more powerful technologically, it opens the door to more threats regarding war and the protection of citizens. While drones provide an alternative to having a physical presence in the battlefield, it is also used to manipulate laws that protect certain things from traditional human air strikes. Drone’s however, do not have this restriction since the idea of using them for war is relatively new. As a result, because of the sudden rise of technology on the battlefield, Countries can take advantage of this and proceed to do things that were at one time, unlawful.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
3 points

In our society today, the continued advance of technology will hurt more than it will help; the progress of technology is generally bad. The main reason the advancements are bad is because although the new advancements can help protect our country, they can also help destroy our country. Even though some people use technology for good, just as many people, if not more, use it for bad reasons, such as terrorists and other enemies. Most people want to advance technology to help us in future wars and conflicts; however, the same advances can also lead to advantages for our enemies. Furthermore, the more advanced technology becomes, the lazier humans become. We rely on technology to do everything for us, and humans have lost their hard work ethic and rugged individualism from their ancestors who founded America.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
HermesLP5-6 Disputed
3 points

So you are telling me that technology such as medicine is bad? NO MATTER WHAT YOU MAKE humans will always use it to kill each other. Furthermore, saying that we advance technology to just kill people? that is very ignorant to say mostly because most of the technological advances currently that are created by inventors are mostly anti-war or helping humanity such as creating artificial skin

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/mit-researchers-artificial-skin/

there is multiple human error that is why we have machines that are able to do things way better then a human. If anything technology make people work harder to get the feeling of saying oh I made that its better to do a Technological race which will cause the "Hard work Ethic you want"

Side: Technological Progress is Good
3 points

Schools, shops, cars, everywhere tech is everywhere. If you look around you just look at how many people are on their phones or computers. Sure tech can connect you with more people but those connection aren't real. People can say they are anything and they do anything but those can be lies also in is easier to lie or do something hurtful because you aren't confronting the person you are lying or hurting. All in all, tech is taking time away from each other and making it harder to make connection with ones who matter.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
ZachBP5-6(12) Banned
3 points

tech is the government which is ISIS. so we will die,,.,.,.,.,.,,.,.,.,,.,.,.,..,.,.,.,

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
3 points

Technology can be bad because it can kill people and can put your privacy at risk. ;)

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
HermesLP5-6 Disputed
2 points

Our privacy is at risk we have security for that and no matter what we do humans will have a reason to kill each other Technology is just a topic everyone wants to blame because its the most advancing thing in the entire world just because something that can possibly be used to kill someone is bad so you are telling me Clothes,Medicine,Prosthetics, are Bad? Please put more reasons why then just saying those two easy to dispute things

Side: Technological Progress is Good
3 points

Technological progress is bad in many ways. For example, Drones, are dangerous to society all around the world. When drones crash they either crash into people, or buildings of great use. For example, a tip of a photographer's nose was cut off because of a drone crash, drones carry drugs across the borders, and military drones have crashed into homes, farm houses, and waterways, injuring many. The side who thinks technological process is a good, may say drones are for good transportation use for mail service, they're wrong because many injuries have occurred because of their common malfunctions, while we have our original postal services that is more efficient for a mail service.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
3 points

Technology has its importance in the world, but technology does more harm than good. Technology in every era of man has only led to more problems and more killing. Referencing the medieval ages and onward and especially during WW1 and 2. Through these wars, new technology was developed and used to kill even more people, these actions although not decided by technology, but enabled it. Even in modern day we face problems with terrorism via bombs and recruitment through the internet, we also are starting to have privacy compromises that can lead to ruined lives and destroyed careers. Therefore we should not advance technology and go back to living in caves. KAPPA123 FEELSBADMAN

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

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Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
3 points

I'm Rick Harrison, and this is my pawn shop. I work here with my old man and my son, Big Hoss. Everything in here has a story and a price. One thing I've learned after 21 years - you never know WHAT is gonna come through that door.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
ZachBP5-6(12) Banned
2 points

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Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
2 points

Technology can be bad because people can hack into your stuff and see your personal stuff and the internet has taken the worlds privacy. Long gone are the days of having an unlisted phone number and staying offline to keep your information safe from hackers and thieves. With a few buttons the average person can find anyone’s address and contact information. For those with even worse intentions, the use of scamming, viruses and hacking helps to find any information they wish to have. Also people have almost no privacy online. They don’t think twice about tweeting every move they make, giving out their location on Google Maps and putting their entire life story on Facebook.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
2 points

Technology can be used to severely harm people when the wrong people have it. Things such as strike drones have been used to launch attacks without thought of collateral damage. New tech can also be used to spy on the average person. That violates our privacy as citizens of the United States of America. Technology has also caused suicides because of cyberbullying to the point of no return. Even worse people are becoming addicted to their technology and becoming less and less social. If that continues people will eventually lose their social skills and not know how to function in the real world.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
2 points

Progress in technology is bad because it is resulting in less social interaction within the community.It can be a distraction and can cause harm if not used properly.If in in the wrong hands can do a lot of damage.There won’t be any jobs if the automated robots take our jobs.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
2 points

Technology does more harm than good, because of its effect on our social, mental, and physical health. The constant use of communicating through phones and other devices hinders our social skills by giving us the inability to observe and learn from body language and social cues. 51% of teens say they would rather interact digitally than in-person, even with their friends. This also increases the chance of kids being bullied. About 80% of teenagers cause attest to being bullied online in some fashion and this has lead to increased youth violence, which can lead to poor mental health. Let alone the stress that can be caused by constantly wanting to be “in the loop” of what is going on. From a more physical standpoint, constantly looking down at your device can lead to neck pain or headaches from the eyestrain. The attachment people may feel can result in poor sleeping habits and looking at the screen and its glow may reduce the release of the chemical that helps us sleep, melatonin. However, people can very easily argue against the negativity of technology, but you cannot ignore the facts that it could hurt you as well.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
2 points

There are many reasons showing on how technology now has some really bad sides to it.One big reason is how the drones are shooting american citizens even if they are on the list sometime those people aren’t even doing anything wrong. Another example of how technology is bad now is look at how many deaths there are from texting and driving or playing Pokemon Go and not paying attention on where you are going. And in school there are some students who might not graduate or pass because they are texting or playing a game,i mean yes you could say that is there own choice to do that but there is videos or pictures on the internet and websites saying that even some teachers are going on there phones and texting. And the people here thinking technology is good well that is not right you got robots that can watch you and do things for you. That could turn this country lazy more than it already is and so much more. This is my evidence on why technology needs to end

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
2 points

Technology is bad because it can reduce learning. Studies show it can affect learning and distract students from studying and doing work. Behind tardies, cell phones are the next reason for students to be in detention from 7th grade and up. Also, students that only use technology one hour a day are more likely to succeed in school than students who use technology more than 1 hour a day. I’m not saying if you use technology a lot you will fail school, I’m just saying the less you use it the better you will get. People might say it can be used for learning, but any chance a student can get to not do work, they will play games, myself included.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
2 points

Technology advancement is tearing apart society. Most say it’s making the world a better place. There are times now where families won't talk at the dinner table, they’re too busy on their cell phones. Their are so many people who say they couldn't live without technology. “It's my life”. Yet there are so many people in this world who don't own a phone, or a tv, or even a refrigerator. Instead of making another iphone maybe they should give some technology to the 3rd world countries and helping them out. So we don't have to keep labeling them as the 3rd world and just refer to everyone as equal.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
2 points

There is many reasons why technological progress is bad. It makes a huge distraction, for example the more kids play video games the less studying and lower grades there are. It is a addiction because the more you are on the XboxOne, PS4, Wii U or any other consoles the more you want to play more. It takes away energy from the earth. People who become professional on engineering, programing or any other computer jobs start to forget to be nice. It damages your brain. Did you know that you can get paper and pencil and/or pen is cheaper then a computer.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
2 points

Technology is awful. All it does is destroy the environment. Its proponents would argue that technological advances in medicine save lives, but I would argue that all that does is overpopulate the planet. There’s too many people, and we cannot sustain them all. This is all due to the advancement of technology. People over-rely on technology and become weak. Humanity was better off when it relied solely on hunting with their bare hands. That made humans healthy and strong, and fit. Now we’re all fat and lack significant muscles.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

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Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

Technology is bad because some everyday tasks and communication obsolete. With more technology the fatter people will be. Technology is not good it will only lead people to be lazier and lazier as time goes on. It's Bad for life.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
WolffeC7-8(3) Banned
1 point

Technology has advanced our people to be able to automate and create new products and brings news around the world faster. But that isn’t necessarily a good thing. A more connected world in media makes us less unique and closer to falling under one culture or belief instead of the huge diversity the world has had to offer. And the new technology we’ve used to make products is taking jobs of workers. Eventually we will become so dependant on technology that we are no longer able to function by ourselves without the support of some piece of tech. This will cause anarchy and throughout the world and people will have to fight to survive when or technology fails and we will be thrown back into the stone age. Humans from hundreds of years in the future will see our structures as gifts from aliens and be just as lost as we were and still are.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
JasonK7-8(4) Disputed
1 point

The older technology reduced the rate in which we produce good significantly. It would take so many more people working by hand in order to make a ship than people who use machines to make a ship. The quality of the things we create are much higher than things in the older ages of time where we didn't have technology. There will be no future without technology, we will have nothing to progress against what the world may throw at us...or the sun. Technology won't fail if we keep progressing, the technology that does fail will not be as good as the new technology that works in the present and the technology in the future will be better than the tech we have now.

Side: Technological Progress is Good
1 point

Technology can be great at times, but when people use things a lot, they get used to using them. Can you remember the last time you went a day without technology? No, you can't that's because we have grown so attached to our technology and devices, that we can never go back to life without it. If there ever comes a day when technology is not available to you, you're in trouble. The whole world relies on technology way too much. If your printer breaks on you and your paper is due tomorrow, what will you do? If you typed you paper, but the file corrupts or the computer crashes, what will you do? If you write your paper on a piece of paper, what could go wrong besides you losing it (Which is your own fault).

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

While increasing the technology and having better technology can help us,it can also cause a lot of harm. Let’s say one day we become so advanced we have machines basically living our lives for us,what will stop them from just taking our lives? That future is not too far from becoming a reality. That isn’t the only thing though, as technology increases and becomes easier to obtain,humans will also become easier to kill from across the world.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

Technology is bad because your privacy and information can be stolen. Say you sign up for Facebook and fill in all the information. Facebook now has access to all of your personal information, and somebody could get into their databases and find that information. Also, in education, typing on a computer may be simpler and easier than writing by hand, but your brain remembers the information better when you write by pencil.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

Technology is bad because the government can track you easier and see what you do. This can also affect you when you try get a job, what if you like to do things you shouldn't be doing on the computer and the interviewer finds this and you don't get the job because of that. If there wasn't technology this interviewer would never have known that you were doing things you shouldn't be doing. It would also be harder for them to find bad things about you.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

Technological progress does more harm than good, since it damages the attention span of the young adults who use it. All social networks that teenagers and young adults use cause an addiction to arise: children become addicted to their phones. Their constant need to check their posts and tweets causes their attention on school work or other important work to diminish. The popular social media sites also take away their privacy causing young adults to be more susceptible hacking. While it may be helpful in school with complete access to information all of the time it still is not health since children have an easier time to look up inappropriate content or check their social media accounts. There is more risk of misusing technology in the classroom if it is allowed.

Technological progress is also bad in the genetic field. The use of designer babies deforms the children before they are even born. Although genetically modifying babies can save them from future health risks such as cancer, heart disease or type two diabetes, it can also eradicate certain genes in the gene pool. It can also cause an epidemic that can kill a certain “race” of people if they all have the same trait. For example, if most of a generation has blonde babies a disease could be created from that certain gene combination, causing an epidemic with the power to kill that generation.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

Technological progress does more harm than good as it allows people access to things they otherwise would never come in contact with. True many people use technology in almost every aspect of their lives and benefit from it however it allows access to bad things people shouldn’t be exposed to. For example advances in technology have allowed people to look up the answer to a question that’s been nagging them from a small device, or keep up on the latest news while on juggling a busy schedule. However that small device also gives a person the ability to look up how to make something like a bomb or do something else illegal. It also holds a lot more information than people think and when they are not careful , people are able to use that information for something like one of the most prevalent crimes in America; Identity theft. Therefore, technological progress is bad because its negatives definitely outweigh its positives.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

Technology over the years has advanced very fast, very quickly to just think 20 years ago computers were primitive and only could do very simple arithmetic. But now today technology in those 20 years have evolved computers and other devices to be so much more powerful right now we all have powerful computers in our pockets to pull information at will and this could be a problem it’s not very hard to break a phone and transform it at will to do what you desire think of jail breaking or rooting very simple if you know what you’re doing. This poses a big problem will hackers evolved this tech for portable destruction devices Watch Dogs® has shown us a future that phones and devices can be used for large scale hacking and this can make us get random strangers names, date of birth, credit card, house address, and the list goes on and on technology is evolving and we need to take the proper precaution to stop this from happening. In the end I pose we severely limit the technological evolution to prevent a world of fear from hackers and terrorist.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

I think technological progress is bad because while it has the potential to be good, it also has the potential to be bad. A reason it is bad is because technology can become weaponized and become a threat to humans. Terrorists can also get a hold of technology and become an even bigger threat. Another reason is that it can be more irritating than helpful. For example, a device can break or malfunction, and run out of battery. It can be a hassle if you cannot keep it running. Another issue is connectivity issues, servers can go down, or you cannot connect to internet. It is very frustrating when these things do not work normally. While it can be good, such as advancing medical technology or saving lives, it can also do the opposite. We can use technology to create biological weapons using previous genes from deadly diseases. Overall, i think technology will become a threat to humanity if not contained.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

The advancement of technology is constantly harming our society and how we work on a day to day basis. There are multiple viewpoints of this argument that support my decision. The never ending thought of reaching down and grabbing your phone disrupts focus and productivity in school as well as the work environment. Also, with addition too the many distractions technology offers, it can also have a large impact on personal security. Without precautionary measures taken, anyone or anything can access personal information that can be used against you. This goes hand in hand with technology that can be used to hack or gain information of an individual or group of individuals against their consent. With the growing advancements of technological platforms, this has caused people to rely heavily on their devices, causing them to become lazy. Everyday activities that may have used physical exertion to complete have now been taken over by devices to finish the task. While some technology may help in learning and difficult tasks, the cons heavily outweigh the pros.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

Ever since the beginning of mankind, humanity has had but one thought in their minds, progress. To keep on improving as a whole, and ever since the discovery of technology, humanity has been able to advance twice as quickly. But when is enough, finally enough? For the past century humanity has gone a long way, in the way of improving technology. We’ve gone so far, we’ve actually began creating drones, in order to perform tasks that we would usually have to do. For example, instead of sending our troops out to areas they’re supposed to go, we are beginning to send remote-controlled, armed drones, instead of soldiers. One day, we may not even have to control the drones, and it will have the capability of controlling itself, and this could result in bad things happening. What if the drones were to malfunction, and started misfiring its weapons? This could lead to a numerous amount of casualties, that could have been avoided, if we stopped the improvement of technology while we had the chance. We should stop improving technology as much as we are, before the robots we are creating become too much for us to handle, and something dire happens.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

I think that having technological advancements are bad. The reason they are bad is because in most of schools these days students have phones in their pockets. If a student gets a text message it will distract them from their learning environment and have them pull out their phone. Every time they take out their phone they risk getting it being taken away. You may think that will stop them from looking at their phones? No it doesn’t. Another thing that should be recognized is the students using the computers at school inappropriately. The students when they get an opportunity to use the computers, some kids actually do what they’re supposed to do. The other 70% don’t do what they’re assigned to do. Then if the teacher sees what they are doing they will get in trouble. One last thing is giving the students their own laptop to take home, but in our case they are chromebooks. I have heard many cases of students trying to hack the chromebooks to do what they want to do instead of being blocked by the school wifi. Some people in the school have figured out the wifi password which allows pretty much everything through. So then the teachers can not stop that because they dont even know that's even happening in their classroom. So I ask you, what do you think on the technological advancements these days.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
1 point

For Democrats like Hillary Clinton who is to stupid to understand anything due to her concussions which put National Security at risk due to that stupidity she claims to have.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
0 points

I believe that technological advancement is bad. My first reason is because bad people like isis could use it against us. Next if we make big robots, they could be hacked. My third reason is that they could turn against us like in the movie I, Robot. If we become very dependant on technology, and all the power on earth went out, we would all mostly die. Those are my thoughts on technological advancement.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
0 points

Technological Progress is bad because if we have more technology that is just more ways for a hacker to get into a system and shut everything down. Technology is also bad for education because students can break the device and it will cost lots of money. Or if a device breaks down and loses all of a student's data? Paper can’t shut down and lose data. Lastly, devices can be very complicated. They can be hard to use, and if you don’t use them right that can get messed up and slow down the process.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
0 points

Technological progress is good for many reasons. One reason is as our world is progressing in the way we live and also is our technology. The second reason is with better technology we can find new ways to educate kids and also more jobs more people.people also say it is bad since people are able to find more ways to get into the system and hack it. But with the technological progression it is finding betters ways to prevent that from happening.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad
0 points

I think that technological progress is not that great. It may be helping us get work done faster but also will cost many people their jobs. We can’t always be relying on advanced technology to save our country. What we are building to protect us might get out of control and turn on us. Say if the United States sends a drone to another country; it can be shot down and taken apart to do research on it to build something better.

Side: Technological Progress Is Bad