The greats are the revered personalities who metamorphosize the world with their path-breaking
thoughts and ideas in every field be it in science and technology, art, architecture, literature,
philosophy, medicine and society. They enlighten us by propounding theories previously unthought
of and their contributions form the cornerstones of development in every aspect of our life. Yet it is
not unusual for people living in the same era as them to fail to understand them, ridicule them and
even stigmatize them and their ideas.
Historically, scientists who went on to be recognized as great were subjugated whenever their
discoveries were incongruent to the ideas of the authorities. Galileo for instance was subject to
torture from the church for saying the earth revolves around the sun contrary to the belief at that
time that the earth is still and the sun moves around her. However, post their era, the inventions of
Galileo were essentially found to be extremely significant in the field of science and he is called the
‘Father of science’ in today’s world. His inventions of telescope, discoveries of the moons of Jupiter
are known widely recognized as
The thought process of the great are often beyond the average level of thinking of the commoners
living in that period. Hence the society mocks and ostracizes them and the phenomenal talents have
to struggle both socially and financially. Charles Babbage in his period was never paid his due
respect and everyone failed to gauge the potential of his invented computer. He lacked funding to
carry on his research. Later, people could assess the immense potential of the computer and it has
evolved to be an integral part in today’s society enabling the society to achieve what would
otherwise be impossible.
Swami Vivekananda, the person who promoted India’s enriched philosophy to of the world and
initiated Ramkrishna Mission, an association of ascetics dedicated to the service and upliftment of
those in need, had to suffer from acute poverty and humiliation from everyone. The person who is
revered across the world for his contribution to the society, once travelled barefoot all over India
The negative link between technology and human decision capacity is a hot topic for discussion since
the last century. In today’s world our lives are entangled with technology in every miny step that we
take. People can book a cab while going at work, while travelling finish some incomplete work in
laptop and send emails. In the office, the chances are very high that he works at the computer all day
and while coming back home he might surf through Amazon and order some necessary items and
have a chat with his friends or family. Each of this activity necessitates the usage of technology.
Association with technology aids us by making our lives easy and simple.
A student in the past had to calculate by hand or use logarithm tables for complex calculations which
was slow and prone to errors. Our modern-day calculator makes complex calculations faster, easier
and perfect. This allows us to perform greater number of calculations, solve the mundane easily and
have time for complex thinking. In examinations students have to think a lot to write an answer, a
shopkeeper has to deal with his customers, check his stocks and manage the shop all day long. Over
and above all these if they had to do calculations by hands, it would be a botheration to them. Using
a calculator thus saves time and energy and boost their respective efficiency.
Technology is the brainchild of human beings. More advanced technological products and services
are being made available to the society because human beings are thinking in greater depth to
develop such items. The existing technology calls for an advanced technology. The limitations of
technology at present obviates the need for a better one in future. It is in this way we have evolved
from landlines to mobiles, from desktop to laptop from steam engine to modern day electric engines.
All these transitions have required rigorous research by human beings over many years.
Technology has opened up new avenues to find effective solutions over the years. In the present
world most organizations rely on big data, machine learning, deep learning, internet of things etc to
provide solutions to complex problems, design models for more and more accurate predictions and
obtain insightful information from existing data. Mining the big data and drawing meaningful
interpretations require the use of advanced technologies. The more advanced the technology the
more complex and demanding the problems to solve. Hence our avenue of research has widened
than ever before and we can now deal with computations with ever increasing complexities at
present.
To sum up, technology is a tool to human beings which enables us to work more efficiently than
before. It is an integral part of our life. However, its purpose is to help us deal with ever increasing
complexities rather than making our thought process weak by relying on technology.
