Technology can both save lives and take lives. It has revolutionized sectors like communication, medicine, education and more by making life easier through applications of knowledge. However, technology also has disadvantages like pollution, distraction, and threats to security and the environment. While technology has become essential to modern life, humans must use it carefully and responsibly to ensure it remains a boon rather than a bane.

1. TECHNOLOGY
BOON OR BANE

2. TECHNOLOGY
CAN SAVE LIFE

4. TECHNOLOGY
CAN TAKE LIFE

6. WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY ?
• Technology is the application of scientific knowledge into practical life. Technology has grown as an
extraordinary power to us. Technology is an implementation of knowledge creatively to make human
life easier. This practice is changing our lives in a better way in past, present and will change our
future too. Technology has penetrated and diversified its shape into every corner of our life, we can
ever imagine. So, it is practically impossible to explore the scopes of technology and its effects on
mankind.

7. WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY ?
• Let’s try to understand the literal meaning of ‘Technology ‘. The word ‘technology’ is developed in a
combination of two Greek words: ‘techne’, which means art or craft and ‘logos’, which means word or
speech. In the 17th century, the term ‘technology’ was used in discussions on applied arts. But with the
passage of time, application and the meaning of ‘Technology’ is changed. Later, the use of the term
spread in many fields of studies to process ideas in collaboration with tools and machines

8. TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTIONS
Technology has brought revolutions in many fields through lots of changes or revolutions, categorised
into three types:
• Relation Revolution: The technological revolution plays a big role in the socio-technological
paradigm.
• Sectoral Revolution: This type of revolution brings changes to a particular sector like Green
Revolution,
• Universal Revolution: Universal revolution in technology is capable of initiating and pursuing
long- term effects on humanity. The Renaissance period of the 14th
century through the 16th century is an appropriate example of a
universal technological revolution.

9. TECHNOLOGY A BOON
• Technology has developed an environment for the human that makes its life easier to achieve goals for
example the telephone was invented to communicate between two distinct persons without meeting
physically; and this telephone is upgraded to a smartphone in present days, which is portable and
wireless and easy to carry. Now, the modern technology of communication is on our fingertip. Not only
communication but also technology has given an advanced dimension to medical treatment, scientific
explorations, communication, construction techniques, energy generation, food production, education
system, manufacturing industries, military applications.

10. TECHNOLOGY A BOON
• Advantages of Technology
1. Easy to access information
2. Time Saver
3. Cost Efficient
4. Use of Better Techniques
5. The material world and virtual world
6. Artificial Intelligence

11. TECHNOLOGY A BOON
7. Medical Applications
8. Scientific Applications and Explorations
9. Education System
10. Information and Communication Technology
11. Technology in Energy Generation
12. Food Production

12. TECHNOLOGY A BANE
• Technology innovation has brought not only benediction to mankind but also condemnation.
Innovations, such as the use of coal as an energy source, have a negative impact on the environment.
The development process of technology is not linear. Modern technology has brought the curse of
pollution to the Earth and its habitats. The marine ecosystem is being destroyed day by day. Many
species of birds got extinct and many more are on the Red List.

13. TECHNOLOGY A BANE
• Disadvantages of Technology
Negative Impacts on Our Social Life
Causing Distraction
Wastage of Time
Lack of Interest in Study
Reduction in Creativity
Social Isolation

14. TECHNOLOGY A BANE
Health Issues
Bad Effects on Childhood
Environmental Damages
Destruction of Natural Habitats
Pollution
Depletion of Natural Resources
Military Advancement and Terrorism
Cyber Security Threats

15. CONCLUSION
• It’s clear that a single day, even a single hour cannot be imagined without
technology. Technology has become the basic need of mankind as well as the key
towards the future. Technology itself has transpired as a covenant between
imagination and reality. But the reality could be harsh unless we learn to use it very
carefully. The Earth is the primary home of mankind and several lives and
generations ahead and we must care for our home and other habitats. Human needs
to be self-critical to make the technology a blessing, by using it through proper
innovation and spirit of overall wellbeing of all living beings in the planet. But the
technology could be a curse for the planet if we do not advocate for responsible use
of technology.

16. “IT HAS BECOME APPALLINGLY OBVIOUS THAT OUR TECHNOLOGY HAS
EXCEEDED OUR HUMANITY.”
— ALBERT EINSTEIN