Undoubtedly, technology
is actually very useful nowadays. However, it is technology that is weakening our
relationships, too.
People, me included,
save on a lot of our valuable time by using a computer or a smart phone for
everything, as communicating with others, buying almost everything and solving
any doubt on the internet, among other things.
This fact causes the
lack of social interaction. Most of people don´t go anymore to the bank or to
the supermarket. We can make the transactions and buy everything on the
internet, even food. And children play alone with their computers instead of
playing in the street with other children.
I remember until very
recently that everybody called their friends for their birthdays and now most
of us text a “whatsapp” or write a message on Facebook. Maybe more people wish
you a happy birthday now, but rarely had you had more cold and impersonal
greetings.
What is more, in my
opinion, technology is weakening our abilities. Suppose you didn´t have a
calculator. Would you be able to solve a difficult division?
I also remember myself looking information up
in the encyclopedia. Some years ago, an encyclopedia and a dictionary were essential
things at home and now children don´t use them, even at school, where there are
computers.
To conclude, I think it
would be a mistake to go back, keeping the advantages of technology in mind,
but we should be careful and don´t be so dependent.
