Science and Technology Initial Response

Science and Technology have become a necessity for our societies survival in the 21st century. I'm intrested in this topic because of how great of an impact it has on our society today. I always think about how much technology has transformed even in the last 50 or so years. My mom talked to me about how in medical school their computers they used for reasearch would sometimes take up an entire room. Its amazing to me to see how the same amount of technology has changed from the size of a room to a ipod thats smaller than your hand. Also, i've been wanting to see how the new technology has effected our culture. How have peoples lifes ultimatly been effected? Has the new technology made our lives easier or has it in fact crippled the society. Although new machines and other technologies can do mans work doesn't that just allow our society to become lazy? Will technology ever be able to replace mans work force? The technology era has swept the late 20th and 21st century and might not be a good thing at all.