When our technological advances ends up shortening our lives...

When an idea develops into action or product without thoughtful contemplation, the innovative products designed and made could potentially harm humans rather than benefit. For example, a product may disturb the mental well-being of individuals during production. In the case of producing cell phones, mental health is destroyed when factory workers are pushed to their limits to create the highly valued phones. While we have our expensive phones, these workers are minimally paid and mentally exhausted; so stressed that the factory put up anti-suicide nets to prevent workers from jumping from their residential rooms. As the world advances more into the unknown, it is critical to stop and think, “Are we doing the right thing?” Published in the Journal of Science Advances, scientists concluded that human activity has caused mammal extinction to quicken by 20-100 times when compared to the past. As we inevitably develop more technology, we must consider many aspects: sustaining the environment, sustaining humans, and sustaining the culture many have built.