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Good and unhealthy expertise is inevitable. And the great and unhealthy points occur with the identical expertise.
Are you accustomed to Newton’s 3rd Legislation of Movement? Even should you say No, I wager these phrases will appear acquainted. Newton’s third legislation merely states that, “for each motion there may be an equal and reverse response.”
How does that apply to expertise? It’s my rivalry that individuals will discover good and unhealthy methods to use virtually any expertise. Even should you don’t use Siri, Alexa, or any of the voice-activated applied sciences, do you generally really feel like your laptop or cellphone is listening to you? And even watching you?
For my spouse and me, all we’ve got to do is point out one thing. Then we begin seeing advertisements for a associated services or products. Feels a bit creepy. Nevertheless it truly tailors the advertising and marketing to issues we appear to worth. Good or unhealthy?
How About Location Companies?
Do location companies like GPS fall below the heading of fine and unhealthy expertise? I’d must reply with a powerful Sure. Guess you’ll be able to view it both means however location companies result in focused advertising and marketing primarily based on what’s close to you. And issues during which you’ve beforehand expressed curiosity.
Location companies can be used to trace your whereabouts. Not nice for criminals. However how about somebody having a cardiac occasion? A few of immediately’s monitoring expertise may present early warning of a cardiac occasion or different well being occasion. Then the situation companies may be capable to notify emergency companies of the occasion and your location. Think about an ambulance dashing your means earlier than you recognize something is unsuitable. The yin and yang of expertise.
Drones: Good Or Dangerous Tech?
I believe lots of people may say drones are creepy. That’s been very true in current months for some New Jersey residents (see article below Assets). However drones also can entry difficult areas with no danger to people who used to have to achieve principally inaccessible locations for upkeep or to detect issues earlier than failure resulted.
I not too long ago republished Catastrophe Security which is a essential side of thriving (or maybe simply surviving) with blindness and different disabilities. Disasters occur to us and other people we all know although most of us understand disasters as one thing that occurs to another person. How concerning the tree that fell via our roof throughout Hurricane Helene? Fortuitously, it simply triggered property injury, not private harm.
How about our older daughter and household? They needed to evacuate due to the California wildfires. As soon as once more, no injury however a really scary scenario for all concerned. And clearly devastating for thus many households that did lose the whole lot within the wildfires.
The Good And Dangerous of Drones
Might drones dramatically enhance hearth security? This text in South Carolina’s The State newspaper (see Assets) suggests it’s attainable. Rain is a software program startup that provides autonomous helicopters and different plane the aptitude to understand and suppress wildfires. They usually’re not the one ones.
I’d encourage you to learn the complete article to know the state of expertise which might sooner or later extinguish a serious wildfire earlier than it turns into too huge to be simply managed. The identical expertise reduces human publicity to harmful environments.
How Do You Handle Good And Dangerous Assistive Expertise?
It’s virtually assured that marvelous improvements will even have a adverse utility. Make the most of the expertise, however accomplish that prudently. As you’re able, study much less tech-dependent methods of doing issues so that you aren’t misplaced when the tech (or energy) fails. Periodically refresh your reminiscence of learn how to execute duties with older, much less tech-dependent approaches. And be cautious of scammers.
Above all else, study to make use of the brand new expertise. That can get more durable for most individuals as they age. Typically, it will get more durable to study new issues as we grow old. Nevertheless it’s so good on your thoughts. And it’ll improve your independence.
My Mother by no means realized to make use of expertise effectively and that meant she missed out on alternatives. She liked to cook dinner and I attempted very laborious to get her to make use of a really fundamental laptop computer to entry new recipes and even on-line cooking exhibits. She was by no means in a position to take that step ahead. Her life was nonetheless high quality. However how a lot better evening it have been if she might have tailored?
