I beg to differ from the article submitter.

Hundreds of millions of people have been saved by technology. Look in any hospital: would it be there without computers? Probably. Would it be even 5% as efficient? Absolutely not.

Let's look at the computers which analyze patient data. They do it in three dimensions, point out warning signs, etc. All of this is stuff that humans cannot do! Computers can investigate images at much higher resolution and spit out every single warning for doctors to look into further.

Some people may say refrigeration was more important than computers. It was a prerequisite, but not as important. It saved the lived of about a million people (rough estimate) and before true electronic refrigeration, we've had iceboxen for the past 40,000 years. Refrigeration might've helped keep meat fresher, but computers save hundreds of lives every day and also are *fun* to play on. Refrigerators are not fun to play on, no matter how hard you try (don't, please :) ).

Any magazine who runs an article like this is obviously just going for the shock factor. "Hey, news is slow today! Let's run some fuzzy article on why technology sucks!"
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