Week 3 Blog 4

Grace Leung
2/11/11
Western Civ

“War is a form of technology". Agree or Disagree.

War can is a form of technology because of the many different new weapons and machines used for it. There are many different machines or weapons used for war. These weapons are technology because they benefit us. We use them for war and to protect us. We need these technologies from war, making war a form of technology. Many different useful weapons have been created from war. The Manhattan Project is one example, this created the first nuclear bomb, which is able to wipe out a whole city. Other weapons like guns or rifles are also used in war. These are also forms of technology. Many other safer weapons are airplanes and cars. We use these two forms of technology in regular life. Airplanes and cars have become more advanced during war. We do not realize but jeeps and other brands of cars are used at army hospitals all over the world during war. War gives us new, improved technology that benefits us in everyday life. We also learn from the technology used in war, we learn what can be used and what can’t. War is a form of technology that is able to benefit us in everyday life and teaches us valuable lessons.