Paradox of Technology the 21st Term Paper

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Securing Internet commerce is most likely the biggest challenge that software development companies have yet faced. The security problems affecting Internet commerce involve credit card transactions, which raise concerns involving privacy issues, integrity, and authenticity. For example, there is a considerable, and justifiable, fear that confidential information, such as credit cards and personal details, could be intercepted during transmission over the Internet when submitting an order form on the Web. Through this advance in technology, people stand the risk of becoming victim to internet fraud of their personal information.

A third manner in which technology has the potential to be both beneficial to society and detrimental at the same time is through plastic surgery. Plastic surgery is generally separated between two genres; reconstructive surgery corrects or masks birth defects and the destructive effects of trauma, surgery or disease, and cosmetic or aesthetic surgery changes features that the patient finds unflattering.
Sufficient amounts of plastic surgery can result in irreversible damage to the normal body structure, which has occurred in those addicted to surgery for cosmetic purposes. Thus, although plastic surgery is beneficial to those such as burn or accident victims, it can be potentially devastating to those that later become addicted to the price of "beauty."

Finally, although technology holds great opportunity for many or us, it can also be potentially dangerous and harmful in its application. Genetically modified foods is a great technological advancement, but must be controlled so that third-world countries have easy access to the seeds needed. E-commerce must also be secured through trusted websites and other means of exchanging personal information. Additionally, plastic surgery should be regulated to meet certain needs and conditions of its patients. A medium must be found where society maintains control over technology, not the other way around......

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