Modernization: Assessing the Benefits and Negatives
Modernization is the improvement we have made in our everyday lives. We have adapted and learned from our past mistakes. The world has experienced wars and countless confrontations. Diseases have been cured, and impossible things, are now possible. Technology has helped modernization. In modernization essay will be discussed its positive and negative effects.
Many positive effects would not have been possible without modernization. The world has enhanced medical facilities that help save lives. Medical care is available to anyone now. Modernization has allowed, 'surgery and medicines to be available'. local hospitals' can treat patients suffering from varieties of diseases'. Thanks to modernization cities are smarter and bigger than ever the world has learned from past mistakes buildings are stronger and more advanced than they used to be. cities offer more jobs and opportunities for people to grow in. More universities in schools are being built to help educate the children of tomorrow. Transportation systems are safer in helpful to everyone who needs it. being able to travel anywhere at any time helps 'enhance the quality of life for citizens').
Technology is everywhere in the twenty-first century. Newer inventions such as 'phones, televisions, and computers allow people to communicate instantly anywhere on the globe'. Cell phones are used for everyday uses now. Communication qualities are better than ever. The 'Invention of the Internet', allows people 'to communicate with each other through smartphones and tablets'. From ordering fast food to scheduling trips across the world, technology has made everything easier and more efficient. Technology has helped 'increase global trade which has allowed businesses to sell their products anywhere'. New technology has 'revolutionized the speed and accuracy of production'. Modernization is responsible for 'the development of new forms of creative expression such as film and television'.
There are also negative effects of modernization. People have become greedy and have discarded any warning about harming the environment. The Earth has become polluted due to modernization. Pollution is the 'contamination of the air, water, and soil'. There are many different types of pollution such as water pollution, air pollution, land pollution, and agricultural pollution. The Industrial Revolution was the start of new developments in the late eighteenth century. These new developments started the never-ending cycle of pollution. New factories produced large amounts of smoke that was harmful to the Earth's atmosphere. Factories would dump waste into lands of water. Therefore, polluting the water near factories. Cities were built around these factories causing people to be closer to the polluted air. Factories and trains were burning coal faster than they could be supplied.
Global warming is 'an increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially from pollution'. Deforestation has become a global issue. 'Urbanization has led to the cutting of trees and forests,' which has caused 'wild animals to lose their habitats'.
Modernization has caused different languages and cultures 'to disappear as urbanization encourages people to learn a country's dominant language'. This assimilation of different 'languages and cultures created by modernization means that some cultural aspects are being lost like dialects, religious and family traditions'. Assimilation means that 'individuals have turned away from their cultural identity and have moved into a large group to form a new society'.
In conclusion, there are both positive and negative effects of modernization processes. Nevertheless, we're living right now during modernization era. We accept its benefits and we need to solve its consequences.
