TECHNOLOGY – The buzz word that has influenced every alert and informed individual living in digital era!
It has a positive side about which everyone knows. As every coin has two sides, technology also has a flip side that is widely neglected. Everyone is just interested in knowing about the advantages it offers. Modern age population is glad that technology has made their lives quite simple. But at the same time we cannot neglect the bitter truth that “Technology has made us PUPPETS.”
I am not ruling out the lifestyle technology has offered us rather I am focusing on what we have lost, allowing digital era to overcome the essence of simple living.
Have you ever thought you are being surrounded by numerous digital products? You can’t even think of detaching them from your life. Smartphones, laptops, tablets etc. are such devices you would never want to live without. Why, is it so damn important? No, actually you are habitual of these gadgets and don’t want them to leave you ever.
In today’s era, you would find people saying, they can live without their friends or family. But, you will hardly find anyone saying that they can live without their smartphones or laptops. Technology inventors would never have thought that the gift they are giving to the world will make them so aggressive that people would have more attachment with the non-living objects rather than living-beings.
Social Media gets High Priority
We give social media the highest priority. Does this mean we like virtual friends and relationships rather than meeting people in real? We are connected with social networking websites 24/7 and more than 30% of the day is spent on checking the news feeds and making updates. But we don’t call it a time waste; we call it utilizing time for interacting with loved ones (but over internet).
I really pity the parents that wait for their kids to get offline so that they can start their dinner; I really pity the kids that are eagerly waiting for their dads to finish of his video conference; I pity the wives who are waiting for their husbands to finish off his work like checking mails and setting schedules on his tablets, so that they can have a conversation on important issues. God bless them!
Feelings have taken a Back Seat
Before the arrival of digital era, people had emotions and feeling of humanity. But as the world started getting advanced, these emotions got disappeared over time. Good feelings have taken shape of anger, anxiety, envy, jealousy, aggression etc. Are we the same human being that once felt others pain, tried to make others happy or did something good for others? Actually our most time is utilized in using the technology and as a result no time is left for thinking of lost emotions.
Emotions are Fading Away
Have you ever felt the time you spend over video games and internet must have been invested in nurturing the relations with the people around us? Every age group is suffering from the disease called “TECHNOLOGY ADDICTION”. Taking the serious note over it I pity the people having beautiful families and yet they cannot spend time with them. Though spending majority of the time around with the digital devices might be a part of their work, but what about the personal life? The time you start feeling your professional life is ruining your personal life, start discarding unnecessary tasks eating your majority of the valuable time like reduce the time spend over social networking website, crop the time used behind communication applications etc. Retain relations as they are the most beautiful and priceless asset that everyone does not get.
Distinct Diseases are Hitting Lives
As we all are aware, extreme use of technology will impact lives. Wives sitting or working in front of the television, is the scenario of majority of the modern houses. This affects their brains by diversifying their brains in multiple directions that leads to unfocused approach in life. Children eating in front of the TV don’t care about what and how much are they eating; can give rise to several disorders. The professionals surrounded with digital devices at work are at risk of mental distress.
With increasing mental stress arguments, disagreement etc. also increases. Avoiding such situations is the key to a happy and healthy life.
More than a habit, we are addicted to the devices and gadgets of the digital era. Imagine a life without an alarm clock (it would be hard to wake-up by your own in the morning), a coffee maker and a toaster (how will you make your morning breakfast), an iron (you will definitely not leave the house with shabby and un-ironed clothes), smartphones (how will you contact people), laptop (you won’t be able to work anywhere and anytime). I know it’s very hard, almost impossible. There are several other appliances without which we cannot survive.
Anything done within its boundary is acceptable. It’s time now to draw a line between being addictive to technology and being a smart user of technology without ruining your personal space. It’s time now for you to think where you are wrong. TECHNOLOGY has made our lives better, but limiting its use will make our lives simpler and happier.
