Imagine your life without modern inventions

Modern technology is rapidly spreading all over the earth. One can hardly imagine our present day life without such trivial gargets as can-openers, food processors, air conditioners or vacuum cleaners. Every office is equipped with a PC, an answer-phone, a fax-machine and a photocopier. Every teenager is able to use a remote control unit, a video recorder, a camera or a Walkman.

I’m absolutely sure that all these things make our life easier and more exciting. They save a lot of time and energy. For example, most of my friends have a microwave in the kitchen. Its greatest advantage is a huge reduction of time needed to prepare a dish. Secondly, it’s easy to clean and high temperatures minimize the risk of infection. It’s also a great time-saver for those who don’t wish to waste their time sweating over a hot cooker. Practically all household chores have become less time consuming nowadays.

Speaking about modern inventions I can’t but mention such thing as computers. In fact they are being used in almost every field today. They can pay wages, reserve seats on planes, control sputniks in space, work out tomorrow’s weather, play chess and compose music. They can even help police fight crimes, saving the detective from checking information, identifying the fingerprints or making a photo robot. There is practically no end to what computers can do. Also, nowadays computers are being introduced into schools as a means of education. Students have access to all kinds of information which can make subjects easier to understand. They can interact with other students around the world which helps them to broaden their knowledge. Computers are suitable for people of any age; obviously it depends on what you want to use it for. If a young child wants to use it to play games on, then you buy software graded at his level. There is such a variety of software available that everyone should be able to find something to suit their needs.

All modern inventions prove the power and the greatest progressive role of science in our life. But every medal has its reverse. And the rapid scientific progress has aroused a number of problems. These are ecological problems, the safety of nuclear power stations and many others. But it is my sincere belief that people will be able to cope with all of them. It’s not accidental that we are called HOMO SAPIENS. Nowadays people are getting more and more concerned about the future of our beautiful planet. Chemical plants install filters on the industrial stacks. Research is going into alternative sources of energy: wind, water and sun. Medicine turns to healing blooms and herbs as many of them have anti-cancer properties. Many countries have adopted the laws for the new cars to run on unleaded petrol. Scientists are intelligent enough to recognize the risks of computer or VR addiction, genetic manipulations and ozone layer damage, waste and the necessity of recycling. I’m absolutely sure that by the power of positive action the humanity will be able to use technology only in peaceful purposes