Does technology isolate us? (5 points (for) and 5 points (against )
Answers
Answer:
It’s All Up to You !!!
Explanation:
I like to equate the act of checking up on your smartphone to eating. In moderation, it is fine, but once you start doing it excessively you’re paving the road to an unhealthy habit. People who have a dependency on their smartphones tend to get very anxious when their battery runs out or they forget to bring it along on a ten-minute walk.
As for social isolation, it’s really all up to individual choice. The internet and technology didn’t isolate people; it gave them a means to isolate themselves. On the other side of the coin it also gives you a chance to enhance your personal relationships and keep in touch with your family. I contact my mother 9,000 km away on a regular basis thanks to Facebook and Romania’s advantageous wireless subscriptions. A couple of decades ago the most convenient way of doing this would have been through telegraph. A century ago we would be writing letters that would take a very long time to reach their destination.
The Internet provides each of us with a chance to forge relationships with people who would have otherwise remained in our memories. Old high school friends, and even those we’ve been with since elementary school, are all on platforms like Facebook. This also applies to cousins we grew up with and haven’t seen since we were young boys and girls. The opportunity is there for us to take it.