What are the positive and negative effects of technology?

Technology helps us to strengthen the relationships by keeping in contact with old friends, colleagues, and co-workers, The e-mails offer speedy delivery of messages, they reduce the paper costs, The human uses technology to travel, communicate, learn, do business & live in comfort.

Advantages of technology

Technology enables communication among people, it has helped you to communicate with people all over the world through email, instant messaging, Skype, social media, etc, the internet is the biggest advantage of us because people could receive not only valuable information but they could also work as a freelancer or share their experience.

Technology is very useful for the students, They can take the courses and attain their degree online just as any student on campus as the technology offers many chances to the students all over the world to receive an education online.

Technology helps the companies to save the time and gain a lot of money, They use the technology to communicate with individuals, they can release the information to many different people at once without calling a meeting or requiring printing materials.

Technology importance

Technology is very necessary in our life as it has improved the transportation, it has mechanized the agriculture, It has improved communication, education & learning process, technology has changed the world, it is very useful to us, it plays an important role in our life but it has many bad effects.

Bad effects of technology

When the children use much technology, they do not have enough time to use their imagination or to read and think deeply about the material, they find the information but they may not remember it, they might have difficulty to develop social skills and emotional reactions.

Technology can lead to social isolation which is characterized by a lack of contact with other people in normal daily living such as the workplace, with friends & in social activities, Technology can cause the tendonitis in the thumb which is a form of repetitive strain injury caused by the frequent use of thumbs to press buttons on mobile devices or playing too many video games.

Technology causes a lack of privacy, where anyone can with a few flicks on the keyboard find anyone’s address and contact information, So, He can use phishing, viruses and hacking that helps to find any information he wishes to obtain, he can obtain the location on Google Map and he can know the life story on Facebook.

When the electronic wastes add a high level of toxicity in our air & land because they are not disposed properly, the electronics cause deadly chemicals to the ground, and they are emitting toxic fumes into the air, Technology causes lack of empathy, The constant stream of violent scenes on the video games, TV, movies and YouTube causes people to become desensitized to destruction of any kind.

Technology affects on our body, it causes neck and head pain when you look down the devices, It causes blurred vision and migraines, eyestrain can also cause the headaches, it causes an extra layer of stress which was not found before the overuse of technology.

Technology causes a higher consumption of energy when you don’t turn your devices off when you keep the computers on, mobile devices charging, televisions plugged in, and all the high tech toys, So, it causes an increase in greenhouse gas emissions.

When you strain your eyes looking at the computer and device screens, it can cause people to need glasses much earlier in the life and using the headphones and earbuds can cause people to lose their hearing over time.

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