What Makes Technology Good Or Bad

Technology has made incredible advancements in the past few years. It has made unimaginable things possible and it has changed the way humans live and connect. According to an article, published by Daily Mail, an average person spends 8 hours and 41 minutes on electronic devices. That period surpasses the time an average person spends sleeping for 20 minutes. There is no doubt in the fact that people are getting more dependent on technology as time goes by. The only question is: is technology good or bad? Technology can be a distraction only when people fail to use it responsibly. When a responsible individual uses smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other devices to get access to knowledge, contacts and truthful information, technology serves as the most useful tool in life and it can save us from many things. They can benefit from technological advancements in the world. Although technology can be damaging if it isn't used properly, the good of it outweighs the bad and has humans we have to be able to adapt to the new technology.

There are moments when technology serves as a great distraction from our daily troubles, which can be both good or bad. We use our smartphones and tablets to record everything around us, memorize reality and record every meal, occasion, and moment of our lives. Those screens and images may distort the actual reality because we tend to present ourselves in a way we want the world to see us. This can be bad if the individual is overdoing it, but can also be a form of relaxation by sharing beautiful things with the world. Technology takes us to places most of us would probably never get to see, it helps us find out every piece of information we need, and it enables us to communicate with any person, regardless of their location. A report from a survey conducted by Pew Research Center showed that 62% of smartphone owners in the U.S. have used their devices to find information about health conditions; 57% relied on their phones to do online banking, and 30% of them have taken a class or accessed educational content via smartphone during 2015. Technology also makes people faster and more efficient. We can order food or anything else we might need in an instant at any time we want, we can schedule and access online business meetings and class discussions, and we reinvent the way our society functions thanks to our devices. Modern technologies provide fast, easy, and convenient access to solutions for the daily challenges we face. Technology has taken our world by storm, but it brought many positive aspects that present the big picture. We use computers to shop, write, code, schedule events, buy tickets, and cover many different tasks on our daily to-do lists. The fact that we can access our emails from any place enables us to stay in touch with teachers, parents, and fellow students without any trouble. We need computers to cover school assignments, find more information about the things of our interest, take online courses, meet new friends, reveal the values of a distant culture, and find solutions to just about any issue we have. In conclusion to this, technology has helped make life easier and without it, no advancements would be made in any other areas of life, and we would be stuck in a period where everything in life is more difficult.

Technology has also opened up a whole new world of opportunities for jobs. For starters recruiting has become a lot simpler. It is very simple to get a resume out to many employers very quickly, and employers can look online for potential candidates. Technology has also created new jobs like web design, software engineering, and social media marketing. Jobs like these and many others have also helped to drastically lower the unemployment rate in many countries. It is also now possible to work straight from because it has become so easy to get access to information and to communicate with whoever we want to.

Technology has also helped out so much in the education system. Although there is an argument made that technology has hurt our learning, it has accelerated learning and in the right direction, it can continue to help out in many ways. Students are now able to complete assignments much faster and can get access to information from anywhere in the world. Technology has helped education become more effective with the use of digital simulations and models. Tech-savvy teachers can prepare simulations or digital activities for topics thatwhich they might find hard to understand.

The biggest argument against the statement that technology can be beneficial for everyone is the fact that it can be addictive and damaging especially to kids who are being introduced to technology at a very young age. Children and teenagers, who seem to be absorbed by games, are the most commonly used example that shows how distorted modern values are. The Internet is presented as one of the greatest problems of today's youth. Online media proved to be an extremely powerful weapon to control the population and turn young people into slaves of consumerism. Websites and online magazines that aim towards teenagers are filled with topics that revolve around makeup, fitness, fashion models, movie stars, and many other very distracting things. Those topics can certainly be a distraction from the important things in life, but they are no different than the themes that absorbed the attention of all previous generations. Young kids and teens always found their ways to get their minds off school and homework. Before there was a lot of advanced technology, the street was a distraction. Parents were concerned about the number of time children spent playing outside, but now they are concerned because computers and tablets keep them inside for too long. Parents will always have this issue to deal with whether there is technology or not. Kids will find a way to distract themselves. It is something that can be easily controlled with a few discipline lessons from the parents. Some people put a lot of blame on technology and social media for their behaviors and ways of life. People who have self-control issues can not blame it on social media or technology just to have something to blame when in reality it is themselves who they have to blame. If they are being distracted or affected by technology and it is taken away then they will find another way to procrastinate the responsibilities related to study, work, and family. A lot of people blame technology for this when in reality it is a personal issue. The way we use contemporary technology is not determined by the content that's being served online, but by our character. If some people use Facebook as a dating service, a distraction or a way to promote themselves, we cannot blame the creator of this platform for their inability to gain knowledge, meaningful connections, and other benefits from modern technology.