Advancements In Technology Socially Or Morally Inevitable?

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Advancements in technology are inevitable. Some new advancements in technology are excellent and beneficial, but some are morally wrong. We live in a world where the ideas scientist imagined back in the 1920s are simple elementary creations today, so to see the strides we’ve made is quite an accomplishment. Not only are we so prestige in modern technology, but we are also at that era in time where religion, race, and morals are all mixed up. We are constantly in an argument with each other. Ignorance is bliss, and if others weren’t too worried about other people’s thoughts, then the world would be more at peace. That is beside the point, but it does apply to the topic of society. Nowadays scientists are trying to do the impossible, such as things like immortality, the replacement of human workers with robots, and so much more.
Although some of these new ideas may be beneficial, not all of them are morally right. This could mostly be defined by the fact that a lot of religious people would be upset at the fact that scientists would be trying to “play God”. Other ideas could possibly have some parts of society rolling, but scientists are only looking to further
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If cloning were to affect humans, then how would people react to that? The fact that a new being is created through the method of duplication is outrageous to some people, because how is the clone supposed to be seen since it still is a human being, yet it is not created by birth. Even some chemicals being put into farm foods to make their crop harvest bigger or better could possibly have some long term effects on the consumers. Nowadays GMOs could possibly be a threat, just by some of the chemicals that were used to produce them. This isn’t too big of a protest, but it goes to show how genetic engineering is being used or tested on. In the future, scientists hope to create ways to modify gene structure in humans if they are not able to do so

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