Developments in technology have brought various environmental problems. Some believe that people need to live simpler lives to solve environmental problems. Others, however, believe technology is the way to solve these problems. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

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In recent times,
technology
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has improved, making it easy to perform specific tasks.
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, it has brought some environmental problems
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as
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an increase
the increase
in crime rate, unemployment and
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redundancy at
workplace
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the workplace
.
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, jobs that are being carried out in the past by humans have been taken over by machines.
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This, however prevents
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prevented the need for humans at
workplace
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the workplace
. It has resulted
into
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in
youth seeking for other means of likelihood
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as armed robbery, prostitution, internet fraud and kidnapping.
Technology
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has
however
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made life easier in the sense that activities that might take longer hours to perform by humans are achieved within a short period of time.
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, a farmer that has a large acre of land will make
use
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of a tractor
instead
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of crude tools to make farming easier and faster for him. Other ways in which
technology
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has improved human lives include the
use
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of mobile phones, internet, airplanes and machines. I am strongly of the opinion that people need
to accustome
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to be accustomed
d to the
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of
technology
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to make their lives easier and
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make
positive impac
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a positive impact
t on others through the
use
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of
technology
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