Entry 9

Describe three ways that computers have made the world safer and less safe.

Since the world has evolved to include more technology in our everyday lives, it is evident that computers have made the world safer in some ways and also less safe in some ways. Technology now affects nearly every aspect of someone’s life from transportation, to safety, to food, to healthcare, socialization, and productivity computers and technology have improved almost every way of communication, which can make the world safer and also less safe at the same time. It makes it a lot safer because there is no point in time when you cannot communicate with someone, there’s always a way to reach someone through technology. Technology has made communicating as easy as just pushing a button and being able to see someone across the world from you, or like being able to push a button and sending your location to a safety system. It also makes the world less safe because there can always be someone tapping into your communication through technology as well, meaning that you will have no type of privacy. Computers have also impacted the way that we can gain access to information, meaning they could give the right information to the right people which will make the world safe for me to give the right information to the wrong people and that’s the one left me. Through the education system computers have been able to educate people all over the world just through the click of a button and that makes the world more safe because people are able to better educate themselves. However, information being so easily obtained can make the world less safe. For example, what say a high school is tired of being bullied, so they go to  Google and search for ways to get back at the bullies and they end up finding a weapon that could seriously injure a lot of people which would make the world less safe. Computers are so advanced now that it gives everyone a digital footprint. This digital footprint can be safe and also unsafe at the same time. For example, it will make you safe because it will track everything you do, meaning if you need help proving something you did, then have your proof through your digital footprint.. This can also be unsafe if you let other people use your computer and look up something that you could potentially get in trouble for.

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