Dangers of Overreliance on Technology
Dangers of over reliance on technology on human life
Nowadays, technology has become part and parcel of human life. Technology has a great influence on how people perform their duties in everyday life. Technology controls most of the things we do by bringing convenience and simplification of work. For instance, technology has helped us to communicate with relatives and friends through chatting, texting or emailing through the internet. However, with the rapid advancement in technology, many people have entirely dependent on what technology can help them, instead of focusing on what they can achieve independently. Bob Herbert (2010) asserts, “The blessed wonders of technology are overwhelming us. We do not control them; they control us”. This means that, although the development of technology has helped in improving our lives, the over reliance of it has negatively impacted on human abilities. The rise of technology has begun to replace human brains functions. For instance, people nowadays prefer storing simple information on their computers rather than memorizing it on their brains. Therefore, the over reliance on technological devices to perform simple tasks to made many people become lazy.
Over reliance on technology has also distorted the social life of many people. Before the rise of technology, people would interact and socialize, but nowadays many people like connecting with their friends and relatives through social media, instead of face to face communication. This has negatively affected our relationship with our friends and families because we no longer cherish the good times we shared together with them. The over reliance on technology has also made us miss out on the real world, since we are more engaged in our own lives and we do not interact with others. This behavior of individualism brought about by reliance on technology affects how we relate with others and creates social problems since we cannot tolerate others.
The emergence of social media
Nowadays, technology has become part and parcel of human life. Technology has a great influence on how people perform their duties in everyday life. Technology controls most of the things we do by bringing convenience and simplification of work. For instance, technology has helped us to communicate with relatives and friends through chatting, texting or emailing through the internet. However, with the rapid advancement in technology, many people have entirely dependent on what technology can help them, instead of focusing on what they can achieve independently. Bob Herbert (2010) asserts, “The blessed wonders of technology are overwhelming us. We do not control them; they control us”. This means that, although the development of technology has helped in improving our lives, the over reliance of it has negatively impacted on human abilities. The rise of technology has begun to replace human brains functions. For instance, people nowadays prefer storing simple information on their computers rather than memorizing it on their brains. Therefore, the over reliance on technological devices to perform simple tasks to made many people become lazy.
Over reliance on technology has also distorted the social life of many people. Before the rise of technology, people would interact and socialize, but nowadays many people like connecting with their friends and relatives through social media, instead of face to face communication. This has negatively affected our relationship with our friends and families because we no longer cherish the good times we shared together with them. The over reliance on technology has also made us miss out on the real world, since we are more engaged in our own lives and we do not interact with others. This behavior of individualism brought about by reliance on technology affects how we relate with others and creates social problems since we cannot tolerate others.
The emergence of social media