Technology bringing people further apart or closer together??

You are telling the truth both as it makes us apart from people in the house,as it makes you busy making choices where you were surfing.You have already forgotten people are waiting for you eat your meals.You have not talk to your family anymore.It also makes you have a sort of communication to people you have not yet seen for a long time but have responded in the internet,by chatting in some websites that offers to connect all people from different parts of the globe.

That is the fact that technology can brings people apart together. But for some people who cannot understand how to take advantage on technology, they will forgot people around that close to them. This is very negative result for hanging around too much on technology. We should carry on normal relation with people around us that close to us and also with people we connected on internet. Don't left any of them behind.

I tend to think that there is a nice mix between bringing people closer together and pulling people apart. You see, if it wasn't for the internet I wouldn't be able to say that I really do have friends from places all over the world. However, it is also because of the internet that I don't have the same friendships that are local that I used to have. But I also think that no matter what happens the internet and relationships that are built from the computer are here to stay.

This question worth our thinking. Technology really bring us many convenience,such as when we miss somebody we can call her,write to her on line. But there's many people over-addicted in online-games, then he/she has no enough time talk with others,that's also a pity.Technology may like the two side of a coin,we can't say it good or not.

Hello sindelle Thanks for sharing this discussion. It's actually one of the issues in our society nowadays. As we all know technology brings a lot of development but we need to consider the advantages and the disadvantages. We can stay connected to our family living abroad or to distant places, it can make our work more easier, a lot of development in science and many more. The disadvantage is that perhaps we have less time communicating within our family members because we are all occupied using our new technology.

It depends on what you mean when you say "bringing people further apart or closer together." I think with technology, people who live far away from one another can keep in touch with one another even though they don't meet physically. In that sense, it does bring people closer together. But when someone is too engrossed in chatting online or updating their Facebook wall and ignore all the people that are in their lives then in this sense, technology does push people apart from one another.

It brings both- technology has advantages and disadvantages. It brings our loved ones who lives from the other part of the globe closer to us- while on the other hand it also brings gap to people who are with us. The internet keep us busy connecting with our friends and loved ones who lives far- while we neglect those who are besides us.

If you know your limits, technological items are very helpful. Once upon a time, I was be addicted to mobile distraction, but I trained myself. Now It's benefical thing for me.Anymore, I am using the technological items when I need to them.

Now that you mention it, yes I do believe it has somehow bring people apart. Though it may help people who are far from each other together, it also brings people apart. a lot of people would just stay inside their house or even when they are outside, they never even take time to look at the person seated beside them on the bus or on the train. We socially isolate ourselves- and I am somehow guilty of that. (*.*)

I would say both my friend. There is always a good and bad result in everything. We just didn't notice it. It depends really to the person if he or she will just let things to go worse when he can just balance his time from technology and family. You're right. I couldn't agree more that we should stop for a while and spend time talking to the people around us physically.

I am quite sure that technology plays an important role in each of us life. It had really made communication quite easy with cheap rates, which made the relations bonded. The people are able to connect or contact another by dialing the numbers and they could easily transfer the message. This facility had made people to have a good touch with others even when they are distant.

It mostly brings people apart in my opinion, because it reduces the personal kind of talking. Teens and adults now don't get together for a coffee or a tea to talk to each other about anything or don't meet at a playground, but they communicate through the Internet and cell phones, which slowly deteriorates a relationship, because you feel closer to people you actually meet in person. But sometimes, it brings people closer, or help you meet new people... such as on a forum with your common interests. It also helps relatives and friends living really far from each other communicate more easily and cost-effectively... and you could find those people on Facebook that you were once friends with, but life tore you apart.

i think this bring people closer is when you contacting someone you know far away to know how is them doing. normally this will only show closer. but in most of the time i think this brings people further apart. like right now people are more enjoy chatting using phone rather than coming out to meet each other. some people even very active in facebook, skype,etc. but in real world they are just locking themselves in room and their social places just in a small tiny room with internet access. some cases like in the same house but family member talking to each other is using all these technology things like mother calling son to have dinner using msn, father going to work and leave a message in mail to son to tell him somethings... all these make the world communicate in digital way even the distance is just next room, upstairs, next door,etc.

My mother keeps on complaining this whenever I am hooked onto the internet that I don't talk to her much when I am on the net. Its true that with advancement of technology , people have gone further apart. But technology also helps when you need to get in touch with your family and friends.

I think it is all in how a person uses the technology. I agree constantly being on a device can separate people from one another. But, it can also help people stay in touch. Take SKYPE as an example. I have family that live in different states. This way we can see and speak to each other on a regular basis.

Well, it seems highly ironical that in the last fifteen to Twenty years, major advancements in fields of Mobile Telephony, Video Conferencing, Internet, SMS etc has made it possible for people to interact more and more, and at the same time, changing mindsets of people is increasingly causing them to become more selfish and greedy and pulling them in away direction. I feel, in some way, when people had lesser forms of communication(and immediate communication), they were more in harmony. Constant interaction, is causing more rifts among people. Indeed, technological advancements do help in a number of ways, like in case of floods, storms, medical emergencies. However, in day to day interaction, and personal lives, technology is not helping that much. The solution lies in the prudent use of Technology and no excess use.

hi Sindelle, i think technology brings far people closer but at the same time makes close people further

Technology is what it is. It can be whatever you want it to be. We only have to realize when to use them, and when to socialize. Although your discussion has a point. People have been inside their homes more and more since the internet was invented. I'm not surprised if there's a time when holograms are invented, and you can actually talk to someone like they're in front of you, and you don't have to go out just to talk to them about something. The problem is finding out what they're going to talk about..

Hello sindelle Thanks for sharing this discussion. It's actually one of the issues in our society nowadays. As we all know technology brings a lot of development but we need to consider the advantages and the disadvantages. We can stay connected to our family living abroad or to distant places, it can make our work more easier, a lot of development in science and many more. The disadvantage is that perhaps we have less time communicating within our family members because we are all occupied using our new technology.