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August 25, 2020 at 2:01 am
As technology develops rapidly, people rely more on it to solve problems. Thus, many think that our ability to think will deteriorate considering technology’s replacement of our effort. This statement might be true under special circumstances. However, I still disagree with it, as we still think a lot in other occasions.
It is true that some of our abilities will deteriorate as technology replaces us in many fields of thinking. Especially when process is repetitive and strictly ruled, automatic programs can perform better than us. So we no longer need to perform these thinking processes as much as before. With reduced importance attached to these thinking abilities, deterioration will be just a matter of time. Take the ability to calculate as an example. Even housewives checking their daily bills needed it in the past. However, with help of calculators and advanced computers, technology can help us to work out even the most complex calculation within seconds. We calculate less, and the ability to perform correct calculation is not as important as it once were. So unavoidable deterioration will exist in our ability to calculate.
Even though some aspects of our ability to think will deteriorate, technology can also promote it in other aspects. Indeed, various technologies developed today are outcomes of our thinking, and our thinking still involves in new development. To develop new technology, we first seek for inspiration in our lives. Then we make use of known natural principles and continue to improve the product. During all these processes, we use our ability to think creatively for ourselves. Regarding our continuous breakthrough, our ability to think has not and will not deteriorate. From the first car built by Benz to Tesla powered by electricity, we have been upgrading our products rapidly. Capacity of computers has increased exponentially according to Moore’s Law. Thus, deterioration in our ability to think must not be a general truth.
Last but not the least, new technology also has raised various new problems. Finding solutions still requires our effort of thinking. Thus, solutions to previous problems do not end our thinking process, while new problems will encourage us to think more profoundly. For example, we need to deal with Internet addiction which is a problem newly introduced by access to Internet. Though it has brought us convenience in communication, addiction problem has harmed society severely. So we need to establish new regulations with careful consideration. Optimal application of other technologies also require similar consideration. Our ability to think weights even more in rapid development of technology. Thus, deterioration in our ability to think will not occur as predicted.
To conclude, it is at least partly incorrect to say that our ability to think will deteriorate. Although, to some degree, deterioration might occur, development of technology itself and solutions to new problems will prove efficiency of our ability to think.
August 12, 2020 at 8:19 amAs technology develops rapidly nowadays, more and more daily problems can be easily solved. However it has also raised a new concern that we might deteriorate in the ability to think for ourselves. This statement might be true considering special circumstances. However, I still disagree with this statement regarding the effort of thinking we have paid to develop these technologies and to solve those newly raised problems.
It is true that some of our abilities will deteriorate as technology replaces us in many fields of thinking, especially when the process is repetitive and strictly ruled. During these processes, devices can produce outcomes with high speed and accuracy. So we no longer need to perform these thinking processes as much as before. Thus, with reduced importance attached to these thinking abilities, their deterioration will be just a matter of time. For example, the ability to calculate was once needed even when a housewife wanted to check out her bills. However, with the help of calculators and advanced computers, the most complex calculation that professional engineers needs to work out can be solved within seconds. This shows that the ability to perform correct calculation is not as important as it once were. So the deterioration of our ability to calculate in this technology era can be unavoidable.
Even though some aspects of our ability to think will deteriorate, technology can also promote our ability to think for ourselves in other aspects. Indeed, these technologies themselves are the outcomes of our thinking. To develop new technology, we first need to seek for inspiration in our lives. Then we make use of the known natural principles, applying them to fulfill our intention. We make a draft version of the new technology and continue to improve it. During all those processes, we use our ability to think creatively for ourselves. So if our ability to think creatively has deteriorated, then how we can continue to breakthrough. From the first car that was built by Benz to Tesla that powered by electricity, we have been upgrading these technologies with great speed. Thus, it can be ridiculous for this statement to say that our ability of thinking for ourselves will deteriorate.
Last but not the least, new technologies also has raised various new problems. Thus we still need to think for ourselves even after we have solved the previous ones, and the deterioration of our ability to think will be prevented. Take Internet as an example. It has shorten the time needed for us to convey messages and provided us convenience. However, it also produces new problems such as Internet addiction. Now, treatment on Internet addiction is still in heated debate, while governments have managed to think of restrictions on Internet using. We need to consider the shortcomings of these new technologies to use them properly, while these shortcomings always bring out new problems without previous solution. So our ability to think for ourselves is still needed for us to make good use of these technologies.
To conclude, it is at least partly incorrect to say that our ability to think will deteriorate. Although some degree deterioration might occur, the development of technology itself and the solutions to new problems will prove the improvement of our ability to think as a whole.
