The Advantages and Disadvantages Essay English
OF MACHINES Machines have become part and parcel of the modern world. With the help of machines, work is completed quickly and more efficiently. Machines help us to produce goods faster and on a larger scale.
Thus, they make goods cheaper. For example, hand made paper is costlier than machine made paper, because it takes more effort and time for its production. Machines help us to live a comfortable life. Household machines, like the washing machine and the dishwasher, make work easier for the housewife.
We can travel far and wide to the distant corners of the world, in comfort, because of machines. We can instantly communicate with people who are thousands of miles away from us. Machines are helpful in farming and manufacturing.
Tractors and harvesting machines have reduced the workload of the farmer, and increased agricultural production, leading to a reduction in the prices of farm products. Again, machines have made large-scale production possible and lead to the reduction of prices of manufactured goods.
But machines have their disadvantages too. India is a heavily populated country, where labour is cheap. Machines may have saved our time and labour, but they have also led to unemployment. Many people have been displaced by machines, and have become unhappy and frustrated. This in turn has led to a rise in anti-social behaviour.
Machines were made to serve man, but they have become his masters. They make the workers mechanical and bored. With the help of machines, mankind has been exploiting natural resources at an alarming rate.
Unplanned industrialization has led to migration to the cities from the rural areas, resulting in the growth of slums. Use of machines has led to pollution. Since machines can be bought only by the rich, the big and wealthy industrialists have begun to prosper at the cost of small scale manufacturers.
Thus, like all modern inventions, machines have both advantages as well as disadvantages. But the advantages are certainly greater, and it is up to mankind to use the machines wisely and try to minimize the disadvantages.
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