Technology has developed enough, and modern man can do without further technological innovations.

Do you agree or disagree with this?

The technology we have today is the technology we need today. Therefore, it is wrong to support the view that it has come full circle; rather man cannot but go on innovating. Let me prove it.

Firstly, the very claim that technology has developed enough is premature in the sense that what ever technology we enjoy today are not overnight happenings, rather there have been relentless efforts down the ages, and now we have come to a state where things look comfortable. This does not mean that there is no scope or need for anymore innovations.

As a matter of fact, innovations have never had any saturation point, and what we enjoy today are the continuation of what our predecessors had been able to developed, enjoyed and handed over to us. Obviously, the present has the duty to take the process forward which, in turn, demands further progress. For example, we cannot take an old thing or a thing of the present to the future without developing it to meet the needs of the future.

The other thing is, the needs we have today may not be the needs people tomorrow are going to have. The global population is getting bigger, human needs are getting diversified and living conditions are bound to change. In such a volatile future scenario, how can man be staying away from further innovations? Impossible, I believe.

Let me conclude by citing an example. Medical science has developed a lot, and we boast of great remedies for many life threatening diseases. Still is it fair to say that there is nothing to be developed? Even now we do not have enough remedies for certain medical conditions. Obviously, man cannot do without further innovations. Bettering life is a basic human instinct.   

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