Recently, a conversation that I was in brought up technology and although it has done so much for us, people have become so unappreciative of the fact that we are so blessed to have a lot of the things that we do today, in the first place. I started searching on the web and found an interesting article that related to this topic. The article was found on http://life.icrontic.com/article/technology-and-emotion-why-do-we-act-as-we-do/ and was called Technology and Emotion: Why we act as we do.
The article basically discusses how although technology is amazing and we have come a long way over the years in the development of new things, people may have been affected more greatly than they think. Technology affects people in so many different ways. It opens them up to so many more new and exciting things. For example, the internet. Any question we may have, having a conversation with someone, or having an important business meeting with someone across the world, can all be done with the click of a mouse. Although this is true, people take it for granted and get frustrated when the internet is down for a few minutes or their cell phone isnt picking up a signal. They forget that we are blessed to have the internet in the first place.
Also, the article made a good point of talking about television and how much more people are watching television than they used to. It has come to a point where people do not even get emotional about seeing war on television or starving children in a foreign country. People watch so much TV that that the important issues going on in the world do not even phase them. They become numb to feeling about things they should be showing emotion for, because of overexposure.
Finally, another issue the article brought up was all the harm that can be done to people through social networking and messaging with others online. The majority of young students/children these days are members to these sites and bullying that use to happen at school is now being brought to the chat rooms and social networking sites. Even some parents get involved in the online fighting, and it's hard to tell who's who with screen names and such. It's even gotten to the point where this can lead to children committing suicide because of the way they are made feel about themselves.
Overall, the article is a little lengthy but really interesting. It brings up a lot of good points on technology and how although amazing, it can have a lot of downsides and negative affects on people and the emotions it creates.
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