Unit One

For unit one, I've decided to pick the question which asks "Choose one way in which technology has changed human society and explain the impact of that change, positive and/or negative.
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To answer the question, I believe there have been many major technology advancements that have been created over the last couple of centuries, however I think one of the biggest was made during World War II. The atomic bomb. Without the invention of the A-Bomb, World War II may have lasted years beyond it's stop date in which we released this beast unto Japan. I always think that while our knowledge and intellect expand, so does our need for destruction. The whole invention of the A-Bomb, can be argued in many ways whether or not it was a positive or negative technology. Had we not invented it, and some other country had invented it first, I'm sure the USA wouldn't be as strong as we are today. It helped saved the lives of many US soldiers because it brought the end of the war, so the USA didn't have to continue fighting in a war that seemed to be an endless amount of bloodshed and destruction. However, the negative it ended the lives of many Japanese citizens and caused radiation fallout that is still around to this day. Also, because the technology existed, it could be copied and replicated in other countries, which would now lead to the worry of the end of the world. We've also managed to create another war just by giving the idea that a country may very well have the capabilities of possessing these "weapons of mass destruction".

The A-Bombs impact on the world is huge. We're constantly in discussion about different countries testing, or possessing them. It's my firm belief that when one is released in todays era, it will cause the end of the world, as it seems every country now has one. When one is launched on a country, that country will then launch one, so on. Along with the invention of the A-bomb, it leads the way for other powerful bombs to be invented alongside it's powerful capability of destruction, like the hydrogen bomb.

I always liked the quote that President Truman said, which was, "The atom bomb was no great decision. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness." That pretty much sums up everyones idea of what the A-Bomb is. A weapon in the arsenal of righteousness, which leads to why most wars are started in the first place, religious righteousness.