Question ?Science and Technology has done more harm than good in our society. Do you agree? Response When Neil Armstrong proudly proclaimed "That’s one small step for man, one giant for leap for mankind," he would not have believed that decades after his first step on the moon, astronauts would be able to live in space for months. That is the extent to which technology has developed. With the advancement and growing power of technology, we've observed the dangers as well as the benefits of technology. Is technology then more of a boon or a bane to society? The answer lies in how we choose to use technology. We cannot deny the fact that technology is used as a weapon. Technology is so powerful today that it can be used to harm fellow human beings. It has been used to create weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear bombs. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the United States during World War II killed one-third of Hiroshima’s population. On top of that, the radiation from the nuclear bombs has left after-effects on Hiroshima’s future. Extensive research after the Hiroshima bombing showed that the radiation caused an increase in stillbirths and birth defects in Hiroshima. The bombing shook the world to the attention of the power of nuclear weapons and the issue of nuclear weapons is still being debated today as countries grow wary of other countries suspected to have nuclear weapons in store. Another technological weapon is spying. With technology, countries have bugged and hacked into the mobile phones of top officials worldwide and even look into the emails of its citizens, as National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed, sparking a furious debate over the invasion of privacy in spying. As countries come to realise to extent to which their counterparts can spy, through the use of top technology, they grow even more suspicious of one another. This lack of trust, caused by countries’ technological inte