Warfare and Social Isolation

Convenience in Education

• Education is not limited to classroom settings, with online learning (LMS) and web-based seminars (webinars) serving as venues to reach almost every corner of the world.

Convenience in Travel

• Modern day public transport systems allow easy access of merchandise and tourists to and from other countries.
• Countries invest more in the improvement and efficiency of rail and airport systems.

Change in Health Industry

• There is a structural change in the medical field with the introduction of more sophisticated equipment for diagnosis and treatment.
• New treatment procedures and medicines are being discovered and developed.

Efficiency and Productivity

• Modern technology provides different industries with the means to increase production through automated assembly lines.
• This reduces labor costs to meet the demand of the growing society.

Initiates Creativity and Innovation

• Modern technology allows entrepreneurs to start online businesses, opening avenues for a more creative and innovative approach.
• Businesses can operate while the owner is attending to other important activities.

Disadvantages of Modern Technology

• Job loss and human displacement are possible due to a shift in economies that use human labor as the main workforce.
• The introduction of new innovations can lead to redundant functions between technologies and humans.

World Destruction

• The development of modern weaponry and armaments, such as drones, fly-by-wire technologies, submarines, various missiles, and stealth technology in aircraft, space, and nuclear weapons, can cause massive death among countries at war.

Increased Loneliness

• The absence of interactive relationships between family members and friends due to physical and social isolation can lead to loneliness.
• The focus on gadgets and social technology can make people feel isolated, leading to casual and unrewarding relationships.

Competency

• The increased dependence on modern tools and technologies can reduce human creativity and intelligence.

Ethical Dilemmas of Emerging Technology

Real-Time Satellite Surveillance Imagery

• Smaller and more sophisticated satellites can record the status of the entire Earth in real-time.
• This technology can solve crimes and aid in disaster risk reduction, generating images that are helpful in planning and solving humanitarian problems.
• However, it can violate the privacy of human life if used unscrupulously.

Colonizing Mars

• NASA and Mars One are working together to colonize the planet Mars.
• A robotic mission to Mars is planned for 2018, followed by a one-way mission with four humans in 2025 to set up a colony.
• However, there is a need for risk assessment.

Wearable Technology

• Wearable technology has beneficial functions in the field of education and health.
• However, its capabilities can expose the private details of our lives.

State-Sponsored Hacktivism and Soft War

• Breaking into a computer system to promote political or social change can violate privacy and property rights.
• Examples include the Russia-Ukraine War, Wikileaks, and Anonymous.

Enhanced Pathogens

• Gains of function researches have beneficial impacts, such as understanding the virus and the mode of treating it.
• However, this research can increase the mammalian transmission and virulence, which outweighs its benefits.
• This could be potentially an avenue for exposing the virus into the general population, having a devastating effect.

Non-Lethal Weapons

• Non-lethal weapons are not designed to kill but are used liberally in situations that can be diffused by peaceful means.
• Examples include pepper spray, laser missiles, blinding weapons, pain rays, sonic weapons, electric weapons, heat rays, and disabling malodorants and gases.
• However, their indiscriminate use could be a means for torture, and they are considered a force multiplier when combined with lethal weapons.