Technology in Modern Era- Are We Indebted to Bloody Wars?

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         An extreme optimist will try to find positive element in almost every negative thing. For them a war could serve a positive function. One such optimism with the wars is the growth of technology. Today we see nuclear energy, rockets and missiles, explosives etc used for both good and bad. These are the inventions that do no have a happy story of origin. Nuclear bombs evolved through Manhattan Project used to end the Second World War, rockets and missiles evolved through ancient kingdoms feud among themselves and so many more. Are all the technological inventions produuct of war? Should we feel indebted to bloody wars?

        Thinking about the invention of printing press can counter the above arguments and answer the question asked. Printing press's invention has no bad story but it's evolution to present stage is making one! The way media and press is working to the detriment of society today, leaving behind its values and ethics of journalism- makes mind beg the question: Can technology cause a war in modern era? 

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