Science and technology will one day be able to solve all of society’s problems. Write a response to the prompt in which you discuss whether or not you agree or disagree. Be certain to fully develop your position and carefully consider ways in which your position could be challenged.

Science and technology will one day be able to solve all of society’s problems. Write a response to the prompt in which you discuss whether or not you agree or disagree. Be certain to fully develop your position and carefully consider ways in which your position could be challenged.

While I agree science and technology would help solve part of the problems in the field of social safety, education and medication, I believe that the advance in technology also generates problems such as the innovation of crime, mental illness and ethical issues.

With the help of technology, the police will be more convenient when working on criminal cases because all the files are accessible in a central database. The police and prosecutors from different departments can share the information and fasten the speed to solve the cases. Also, with advanced security equipment in the community, such as household urgency alerts or the CCTV in each building, the police can receive the notification and control the route that the suspects pass by immediately when an urgency occurs.

Also, for students from the remote areas, the technology makes them more accessible to educational resources which are not limited by their locations. Traditionally, students from the rural areas cannot enjoy equal materials in school as urban students do because it is costly for the central government to distribute same resources to them. However, Online courses and remote classes make those students learn knowledge whenever and wherever they want.

Some may claim that crime will innovate with the technology change. Indeed, with the convenience of the internet and mobile devices, personal data is easily be used by malicious people. The number of cybercrime or spam call is seriously increasing compared to decades ago. Those hackers can attain customers’ personal information and their purchase history and hide their network location so that the police are difficult to track the source.

Also, although technology makes it more convenient for people to communicate, it makes people easy to indulge in the internet world too. People will feel more lonely when face-to-face interaction reduces. Thus, the rising number of mental problems is also a problem that technology brings up.

To sum up, I contend that science and technology can solve parts of society’s problems, such as security and education, but the problem regarding the new types of crimes and mental illness cannot be solved.