A PART OF OUR LIVES: TECHNOLOGY
Approximately for 20-30 years, technology has an undeniable place in our lives. Regardless, this importance, some people see technology as a threat to us since they think technology is controlling people while others cannot think a life without techology. For me, maintaing balance in technology use is the best way.
On one hand, technology has changed our perspective on the world by bringing many important benefits to humanity. These advantages – such as innovations in medicine like MRI machines, prosthesis and vaccines; convenience in transportation including high-speed trains and modern airplanes; developments in communication tools like smartphones, social media and computers; and also the fast accessibility to information – have undoubtedly made human life easier and increased our quality of life. Especially medical technologies have played a major role, since improvements like MRI scanning, vaccines and prosthesis and such have raised survival rates and supported better patient care. In addition to this, the development of transportation vehicles made distances almost insignificant, turning long trips into something much more reachable. Moreover, with the digitalization of education – like research papers and online books – the speed of spreading information has increased and learning has become more practical.
On the other hand, there is a concern that is not fully incorrect which is technology is controlling the way people live. This concern has raised ,for me, because of the overreliance to technology. With the improvement in technology people start to search for the easiest and fastest ways to success in something,which maket hem lazy instead of accomplished. They ask even the smallest choices in their daily lifes to their AI bots.Also the percantage of social media addiction among people -especially among teenagers- has increased magnificantly with such developments like TikTok, Instagram,Twitter. Teens shape their perception of beauty based on comments from these platforms and negative comments that come from these platform can effect them really badly.
In conclusion,in my opinion,although technology has numerous positive effects that I didn’t mentioned in this essay, it also increases the worries about the loss of control. The key point is to find the balance.With a balanced approach technology will stay as a helpful friend rather than a dominant force in our lives.