People now are more technology dependent that ever before, and this dependency seems keep on increasing. In this essay, I shall discuss why humans relying on technology are at a high, and whether it is a positive or negative to have such habit.
Compared to traditional methods, Work done with the help of computers are quick and efficient. Thus, many employers are now encouraging people to gain skills to use them. Computers also enables us connect to the internet, which helps providing people with lots of communities/hubs to get solutions for problems that they post, this helps in people using on par solutions to problems all across the world. Moreover, Recent covid-19 pandemic was also a huge reason to why many jobs have gone virtual, where poeple log on to work using computers from a remote location, although this is prominent only among techincal jobs.
People tend to use these devices due to advantages they give, from calculations to coordination between people are all done very efficiently and at a very high pace. This boon however doesn’t come without a catch. Social media at core are designed to make people spend more time in it. The more time people spend on social media, the more are the chances they see an ad and therefore increasing the media platform’s revenue. Few even speculate these social media platform, although made to socialize and network, are major reasons to depression among young individuals using them.
In summary, there are advantages and disadvantages to computers as with most innovations that are being made, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages in most cases. It is upto an individual this wisely and not to fall trap to addictive applications available in the internet.