I will take the opposing side for this one, even though I think medical advances have been very important and good for lengthening life expectancy. However, the technology referred to here is likely related to technology outside of the medical sphere. Overall, I find these to have some negative repercussions. Technology (automation) has taken away jobs from people. The television, computers, and video games encourage us to be far more sedentary, which can lead to obesity and diabetes. Technology also makes us more tied into gadgets and less connected, in person, with people. So, in these ways, I think technology is bad.