Technology has no negative impact at all?
By Purity
@pureme (1526)
February 19, 2017 9:40pm CST
Modern world has been influenced greatly with technology.
It has brought globalization which makes me feel belonged here.
It has helped me gained employment as a system analyst.
It has eased my job and various jobs across the globe by the development of different and useful applications.
Yet, as I am happy for the job offered me, some have been relieved of theirs.
Yet, as I am able to make friends on this platform and other social media, my neighbors, and those who will love to be my friends are not getting my attention.
Applications are good but it's reducing my thinking capabilities.
Don't you think technology is doing bad more than good to this generation?
#bepure
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47 responses
@Priyanka1990 (629)
• Bangladesh
21 Feb 17
If we can be conscious, careful and positive, we'll be able to avoid the negative impacts.
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@pureme (1526)
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21 Feb 17
@Priyanka1990 you are very right,
That is what we call self discipline.
It will work for those who can do it only.
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@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
20 Feb 17
Yes I do in some respects - the smart phones don't allow anyone to really think for themselves and they are glued to it 24/7. On the other hand, technology has helped with research projects and other things that would take a long time to search out without the Internet and current technological advancements. Lots of pros and cons for it.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
21 Feb 17
It is good in that it saves on paper, like no more newspapers or phone books needed, I am just now scanning my favorite recipes so I can get rid of all my cookbooks.
The drawback is people no longer connect in real life. Wherever you go, when people eat out or just in a doctor's office waiting room, they are on their phone. If my son didn't have some friends who like to go outside, I would probably have to take his tablet and phone away from him because he would be on it all the time.
So yeah, there is a negative impact, but only if one allows it to be.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
21 Feb 17
@pureme My son is almost 15, so he should know better. Plus, I have seen adults be completely rude in public because they were on their phone.
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@pureme (1526)
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22 Feb 17
@Carmelanirel2 good point.
talking on phones with a loud voice in the public is not good at all.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
20 Feb 17
Not really than bad in our lives but there are some bad things also like the radiation that they say can cause cancer.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
20 Feb 17
@pureme well, one suspected contributory is the radiation from cell sites and cell phones
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@pureme (1526)
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21 Feb 17
That is true......
But give a knife to someone who doesn't even know what it is used for,
Or let me say,
Give a knife to a baby, he can cut himself with it, thinking he is playing.
Still there is a little difference here, technology kills gradually, not immediate like a knife could.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
Technology is very useful but we have to learn how to use it to our advantage. We have to control it and not let it control us.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
@pureme Yes, that is true but it is not the fault of technology but the fault of the individual. I have been driving a car for almost 50 years and I am not and never was overweight. I do watch my diet and I keep an active life.
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@pureme (1526)
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25 Feb 17
Yes it is true, there are so many things the technology be used to benefit human being but we should not wholly rely on it for everything.
Let me site an example, in the olden days, people treck to wherever they are going, with bicycle, the stress reduced greatly but cars brought a sweet relief, yet obesity filled every where for the lack of exercise.
You know this routine work. From home to the car to the office, sitting from morning till closing time, back to the car to the house.
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@pureme (1526)
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25 Feb 17
@1hopefulman well that is really correct, I mean very correct.
We need not to abuse technology, we should use it for own good.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
21 Feb 17
It's like how growing evolves you-into new capabilities and -out of old ones. When you were little, you couldn't reach the top shelf but you could hide under the bed; growing tall enough to reach the height, you probably can't fit in all the hiding-places you once could.
For thousands of years, humanity got through with only-very-basic technology; and our bodies changed to adapt to that. Evolving capabilities that make the adaptations useless, our bodies devolve back into the bulky lumps of flesh that we are becoming. Most of humanity still admires the highly-useful 'optimized human body' , but more-&-more we develop 'technologies that accomplish the usefulness for us' (so we don't have to work to keep our own bodies up-to-speed).
@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
24 Feb 17
@pureme Well, only some of us ... think: if you have to do something, and there's one hard way to do it and there's another way to do it that takes less work; wouldn't 'taking the easy option' leave you more energy to do more work?
True, many people will use that extra energy to do wrong work (for fun, for groups that compete with the first group, etc.); but that's their choice, which is the freedom Our Father wants us to have (whether we use it the way he wants or not )
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@pureme (1526)
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21 Feb 17
@mythociate thanks for the enlightenment.
Technology is doing all the work, and we have to do little or not do at all. Don't you think that has got us lazy.?
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
21 Feb 17
In response to your question: I think technology has done far more good than bad.
I would like to add the following statements:
If technology is reducing your thinking abilities and any of your other humane abilities and capabilities to contribute to mankind, then you're not using the technology the way it should be used. Mankind has always invented “things” to make their lives better.
Man invented the car. One person uses the car for transportation to get to and from work. Another person uses a car to run a person over in the streets!
People can either:
~ use technology for good because they know how to harness its power;
~ use it for evil by misusing and abusing it because they want to, or
~ simply not take full advantage of what the technology has to offer them.
It's a human intelligence decision. The technology can't make that decision.
As for others who have no longer have jobs because their positions have been replaced by some tool of technological advancement, how is that your fault?
That's a bigger problem that needs to be addressed by several responsible parties – the individual who lost their job and organizations that reeducate and retrain people for reintroduction into the workforce, etc. However, if you have any ideas on how to tackle this very real and distressing problem, please communicate it those who need to know OR take action to help those people on your own, if you think you can.
Technology will never replace humanity. So the dark side exists. So what! The light always shines through and can dispel darkness. It's never the other way around.
@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
22 Feb 17
@pureme - Nope! There are a lot of people living on this planet and some haven't even been touched by technology. The "t" in technology does not stand for "take over"! But you may have a convincing argument if you say the "t" is for "toys".
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@pureme (1526)
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21 Feb 17
Thanks for the well explanatory response. And your view to the discussion is good.
That technology can never replace human being is already going old fashion, you know why?
Now we have women robots, of which some men have fun with, I even read it on an article some couples of days ago that some men said they prefer the woman robot to a real woman.
Has technology not taken over human gradually?
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@akalinus (43334)
• United States
22 Feb 17
It does do some good. People around the world can be connected. People who are handicapped or sick and housebound can now have a network of friends and the ability to earn online.. And, yes, there are many bad things about technology also.
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
21 Feb 17
I agree 100% but when in the Techno Age, we must do as the Techno Age does. Technology can be both a good thing and a bad thing if managed improperly.
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@Colleen46 (106)
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21 Feb 17
It has had a negative impact years ago kids would play with toys and go out to call for their friends and play outside I remember playing hopscotch and all them things. Now most kids want playstation's and Xboxes and talk to their friends online. They don't even have to leave the house.
Even for the older generation it's making things worse you can order take away food to your house using an app you don't even have to speak to someone.
I think it's bad as people don't go out of their way to see each other anymore it's just a quick txt and that's all.
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@magallon (19279)
• Philippines
21 Feb 17
Modern technology has both advantages and dusadvantages
It gives more advantages in our industries, companies or offices.
It also gives more advantages in learning or in shaping a person's mind.
But it gives more disadvantages in the social development of an individual.
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@pureme (1526)
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21 Feb 17
Good comments you gave. Thanks.
In learning it has helped for research purposes while we are deviating gradually from the use of textbooks.
When you read textbooks, you highlights important notes.
You can jot some points at one side of the book Making it more interesting to read.
Looking too much on the white screen affects the eyes.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
3 Mar 17
Advancement of technology does not come without its pitfalls. Every new technology or device comes with its advantages and disadvantages. For example - Mobile phones could be a boon, when you are away from your home but if you're inside your home and sleeping and your mobile rings, then mobile phone could seem to be a curse.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
5 Mar 17
@pureme Yes, people have allowed technology to take over and consequently they have become too much dependent on technology. May be some people are lazy, and they rely on technology too much.
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@pureme (1526)
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5 Mar 17
@dpk262006 technology should not make us lazy but unfortunately, people have turned themselves lazy because technology has eased them of some work
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@pureme (1526)
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26 Feb 17
Yes, technology has made friends making very easy, but how many friends do have time for, when they are too many, it will be difficult to maintain the friendship.
And most times we have enough time for our virtual friends while the real friends you can see are dying to get your attention
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
3 Mar 17
I think it's the nature of humans to move forward in all things including technology. Doesn't mean it's all good but it is what it is.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
3 Mar 17
@pureme Very true, the cell phone thing is just crazy, people don't even look at other people anymore as their faces are always in their phones.
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@pureme (1526)
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3 Mar 17
@fishtiger58 people are glued to too much with phones. The phones has distracted us, fixing our eyes too much on phones does not allow us to know what is going on around us anymore. And how will you provide solutions to what is affecting our friends and family and the society at large when we are no more part of them?
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
21 Feb 17
there are many negative impacts. we should know how to avoid them and use it for good things...
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
22 Feb 17
@pureme yes...there is a line to everything including this ..
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@pammooratan (4668)
• India
21 Feb 17
Everything has its positive and negative effects.Nuclear energy can be used for destruction aswell as development.
Similarly every gadgets or anything could be.
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@pammooratan (4668)
• India
22 Feb 17
@pureme What can we do ?We have to go with the time.
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