Band 5+: It was predicted that people in the twenty-first century have more free time than before because of the improvements of technology. To what extent do you think this prediction has come true?

In the past, there was a common view that technological innovation would provide people in the 21st century with much more free time. This essay will provide two reasons why technological development has become a completely negative trend.

To begin with, technological development has negatively affected young generation, especially in student’s education. This is because, many young people can get easily distracted by smartphones, social media, and mobile games. For example, in Uzbekistan, many students prefer to waste their time via scrolling through social media namely Tik tok, rather than focusing on their studies. As a result, excessive usage of digital devices leads to poor education and reduce the available time for productive activities. This highlights that, technology encourages distraction and leads to uneffective learning in student’s life.

On the other hand, technological innovations has a significant negative impact on people’s well-being, even in the time it was supposed to be free. Although technology was expected to save and provide with more leisure time, people prefer to spend their time on gaming consoles and mobile apps, rather than doing physical activities and relaxation. As a result, spending long hours, especially at night on digital devices can widely affect in people’s eye vision, sleep disturbances , and poor posture. If people start using their leisure time more productively, they would less suffer from obesity and laziness.

In conclusion, technology plays a negative role on student’s education due to smartphones as well as social media and affects people’s physical well-being with lack of leisure time in 21st century.