"Modern Technology has created more problems than solutions"

Stand: Against

Argument 1: Science and Medicine
- Healthcare
- More sophisticated machinery: X-ray, ultrasound, blood tests, vaccines, keyhole operations
- Longer life expectancy
- Allows for more in-depth research into unknown fields: e.g. microbiology
Argument 2: Communication and Travel
- Transport
- Email, internet
- Telecommunications
- globalisation
Argument 3: Convenience and Leisure
- Fuel
- Materials (e.g. glass, plastics)
- Entertainment: TV, computer, radio)
- electricity
Rebuttal: Terrorism and Nuclear Threat
- more extensive warfare: nuclear weapons threaten world peace today
- aided terrorism
- But when considering this compared to the solutions, these problems are manifestations of man’s misuse of technology, and not technology causing the problem.
- Far more backward should technology not have impacted our lives.