100. Some people think that governments should spend as much money as possible on developing or buying computer technology. Other people disagree and think that this money should be spent on more basic needs. Which one of these opinions do you agree with? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer
Nowadays, there is a widespread concern over the issue that the governments should spend as much money as possible on developing or buying computer technology or on more basic needs. The decisions will very from one person to another and the question of how to spend this money is difficult to answer, but what is undeniable is that computer technology is playing great role in our lives. With all aspects carefully considered, I think to spend more money to computer technology development would be a better choice. I will try to demonstrate my point in the following paragraphs.
To begin with, the computer technology is the basic science technology of our world. With the advent of computer and other corresponding technologies, great changes have taken place in decades. Let’s take the United States as an example. IBM and Microsoft are two giant computer companies, while the first specialized in computer and the later control almost all the softwares, the United States become the country where computer technology is highest developed. The two companies have earned huge amount of money in the past thirty years, and as the result, the United States also greatly benefit from the computer technology. An observation shows that, 60% of the GDP of United States is directly or indirectly come from the development of computer technology.
Second, computer technology is changing our lives better and better. The day-to-day life of us offers lots of examples. Computer helps us to study, to work and to enjoy life. It makes our lives more convenient and more colorful. This comment is made from generation to generation and it is always true. It has never been truer than it is today. For example, when you want to send a photo or a important document to your friends, there is no need for you to take bus to go to the post-office, you may just visit the Internet and send them by E-mail, and it will only cost you several seconds. According to a recent survey from New York Times, nowadays over 80% of our work and dairy life are depending on computer technology. So, it is likely to say that we would better to spend more money to computer technology.
Admittedly, to spend money as much as possible on basic needs has it own merit, such as to help the poorest people, to decrease the criminals, and protect the basic human rights. But I do believe that if we spend this money on computer technology development, we will definitely earn more money to meet those basic needs..
To sum it up, it is a very good idea to spend money as much as possible on computer technology development and it is high time that we took some measures to do this job. It deserves to be the priority of giving. To turn caring into action, we need to see a problem, see a solution, and see the impact. The time will come when computer can do almost everything. It is inevitable, but it is not imminent. |