Introduction
The intensive development of technology have revealed numerous benefits for people thus improving and simplifying their life and contributing to the advancement of standard of living. However, the technological development may turn out to be disastrous in case it concerns the design of military weapon. In this regard, both articles under consideration reveal different merits and shortcomings of technology introduction to various spheres of social and political life. Hence, Mike Fillon, the author of the article High-tech Harvest (2000), argues the necessity for farmers to acquire knowledge about computerized agronomy. The second article called The Technology of destruction by Tarshis and Lubrano (1991) reveals the negative outcome of technology penetration to the military field.
Main body
The main point of Fillon’s article consists in disclosing the information about recent inventions in the agricultural sphere, namely the technologies regulating farming procedure, soil efficiency, and yield control by means of the Global Position System (GPS). In particular, the author considers the advantages and disadvantages of local irrigation and the latest inventions and researches in this field aimed at analyzing the soil and the amount of water required for irrigation. Further, the author puts an emphasis on the value of GPS of yield control that greatly contribute to an in-depth examination of soil indicators.
When analyzing the second article, one can pursue the technological advancement of weapons and the way it negatively influences the life of people throughout the history. Hence, the author expresses its negative attitude the interconnection between computer, mechanized technology, and changes in weapon. In the beginning of the article, the author provides a history of military innovations and the way they sophisticated the war action thus increasing the scales of weapon application and the number of victims. Through the vivid presentation of automated devices, the author intends to reveal the truth of veritable destination of weapon.
It can be explicitly viewed that both articles provide different evaluation of technology intervention with different spheres of application. Hence, Fillon is more concerned with delivering the necessity of using agricultural computer programs and machines to increase the yield levels and contribute to an overall welfare of society. Therefore, the article is relevant for culturally diverse layers of world community. This article is also of practical use for the farmers who lack knowledge about recent technological introductions, as they will become more aware of the measures that can be taken for improving the current state of agriculture. It would have been better if the author provide more evaluation of the role of technologies for farming. Therefore, it would have been desirable if he applies a more consistent approach to the study of this issue.
Unlike the previous article, Technology of Destruction discloses veritable aims of huge technological industries producing weapon of mass destruction. By means of this, the article reveals the negative outcomes of military technical programs leading to the extinction of people on the Earth. More importantly, it is necessary to approve the authors’ attempts on reducing the impact of weapon of the social, political, and cultural welfare. Though the article is a mere historical representation of facts, one can easily follow the directly proposition dependence of technological achievements and their application in the military field. It would have been a great plus for the article to include qualitative analysis of technological achievement and comparative evaluation of the changes occurred in the course of history.
Conclusion
As a conclusion, it is worth saying both articles investigate a contrasting impact of computer era on different branches of social development. In particular, this two-polar analysis reveals that improvement of computer programs does not always have a positive impact, as it has been considered by Tarshis and Lubrano. Nevertheless, both articles calls for an active study of latest achievement for readers to be aware do’s and don’ts of introduction of mechanized process. Therefore, both articles are of considerable value for the readers and for the researchers.
Reference
Fillon, M. 2000. High-tech Harvest. Popular Mechanics. 177(8). pp. 72-5.
Tarshis, L., and Lubrano, A. 1991. Technology of destruction. Scholastic Update. 123(13), pp. 110-114.