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In the last decade or so technology has changed the way we live, work and communicate. There are so many devices out there that allow us to connect to each other worldwide whether it is the lowly computer or portable gadgets.
Back in the days where there was no Facebook and the revolution of the Internet was beginning, the only way you could surf the net was on a computer that was bigger than your house and if someone else in your household was not on the phone (that dial-up tone still haunts me to this day) but fast forward a decade or so, we can connect to the net literally anywhere (not having wifi is like sacrilege nowadays) plus we can speak to people worldwide by just the tap of a button.
According to a study by the Children’s Society, 43% of parents do not allow their children to play outside even though their childhoods were all about the outdoors and scraped knees.
This is one of the sad things to come out of this new technology age; the rarities of seeing children go out and play, make friends, have an adventure. I remember vividly going out to play with the local kids, going down to the park, just exploring the world around me until the street lamps switched on however this seems to be a distant memory.
Nowadays children are sitting in playing on their PS3 or smartphones, getting fatter and not enjoying that sense of adventure. Only last month a child as young as four had to go for compulsive behaviour therapy because she was addicted to her iPad. It’s like we’re feeding our children technology crack.
Chief executive of the Children’s Society Bob Reitemeier said to the BBC: “As a society we are in a real quandary. On the one hand we want freedom for our children, but on the other we are becoming increasingly frightened to let them out.”
We no longer communicate with each other over a cup of coffee at our local café, we just click a button and we are instantly connected with each other. On one hand, this is great because we are able to keep in touch with each other no matter what, no matter where we are however, there’s nothing like human interaction.
We are seeing e-books take over the archaic art form of printed book, digital editions of newspapers and magazines selling better than print, it’s a scary prospect.
That’s not to say that all technology is a bad thing. It has helped us advance in medical technology meaning that we are living longer and better qualities of life. For example, who’d have thought that we would be able to create medicines that can help us cure some illnesses that years ago could have killed us?
It may be the sci-fi geek in me that thinks one day that technology will one day shut down on us or take over us humans, but I do think that we are too technology dependent. We never enjoy the little things in life anymore because technology can give us it all, in one click. I can’t remember the last time I ever looked in a dictionary that wasn’t online.
We’re missing out on the little things in life, we’ve all become slaves to technology. Perhaps just cogs in a well-oiled machine.
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In our search to discover unknown things and to invent new things we have reached a stage where it is unimaginable and impossible to live without technology. Technology has been gradually taking over our lives and we are not even aware of the fact that we have become slaves to technology. We have become too dependent and reliant on technology that if it were to be taken away from us we would confused and lost.
Technology is helping us in many ways like financial transaction, buying food and stuffs, paying our bills and booking our flight tickets in the comfort of our home. Similarly we can online education and degrees, instant medical advice on health issues, watching our favorite movies and many more. But although technology has been helping us, it has been pulling us away from the real world.
Human beings are social beings. We love the latest technological gadgets which help people to connect and communicate with each other. But in the process we have lost authentic relationships. Technology does not allow us to work as a team of real humans with real connection.
Psychologically, the silence without real human social life is making us more isolated and lonely. Depression is increasing but we don't like to blame technology because it has become a way of life for us.
Technology has stolen our physical well-being. We have less physical activities and many of our body parts are becoming less inactive and shutting down. New technologies can empower us to connect with people anywhere in the world. But the harsh reality is that these technologies have divided us. Within the last decade we have steadily and gradually become slaves to technology, we have become actors in our own story.