Saturday, March 10, 2012

Adverse effect of technology on society

The negative impact of technology like the Internet has increased crimes. Unethical practices such as hacking, spamming etc.is on the rise.The content displayed on websites lack regulations and people have now become addicted to Internet gambling. Children have now abandoned the play grounds and rather spend all their time playing online games. They now lack exercises and no physical activities which leads to related health problems. The advent of social networking sites worsen the situation having the youth and adults alike bound to these websites and loosing the essence of real social life and human relationship. Human intellect have been traded for computers and thus the capacity of the human brain largely underutilized. Most people today are unable to spend time reading, neither are they able to retain what has been read because the brain has been tailored to the quick and easy ways to finding information on today's search engines and websites. The essence of technology to societies, economies and the world cannot be overemphasized, however, over dependence on it has adversely affected societal values.
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6 comments:

  1. L.DavisMarch 10, 2012 at 10:14 AM

    Good post Fonis

    Welcome to the blogging world. I believe that social networks are damaging individuals. I know a lot of people who spend their whole day on Twitter and Facebook. They are unaware of what is actually going on in the world. I know there are some social networks that discuss important issues about the world but those are the types of networks that people pay least any attention to.

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  2. Shantel NubiaMarch 13, 2012 at 4:58 PM

    Great point Fonis Poku. Technology does have positive effects but its negative effects may be even more harmful. I look forward to more research in your blog.


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  3. KellyDassowMarch 16, 2012 at 11:34 AM

    This is an interesting topic and one that I feel like gets frequently neglected. We are so excited about advances in technology that we forget about how we might be hurting ourselves over time. I'm excited to see what you come up with.

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  4. aquamanMarch 16, 2012 at 1:01 PM

    I completely agree with you, technology has put a strangle hold on society. Its just like in the movie grown ups, when Adam Sandlers kids were so spoilt that when he took away electronics for their vacation trip they had no idea how or what to do outside in the real world and had to relearn having fun without their phones and video games.

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  5. Joy HospitalityMarch 16, 2012 at 1:45 PM

    You have definitely identified an issue that deserves some conversation. I am really looking forward to reading your posts. As with anything that advances society on one level there is always some collateral damage. I be reading what you discover....

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  6. SReidMarch 16, 2012 at 7:27 PM

    This is a very interesting topic and I certainly agree with you about the increased crime rates due to the Internet. Especially, amongst the younger generation. People are addicts to the social networks such a Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. they don't understand that it is negatively impacting their life. There are so many others to have fun than to spend so much time playing online game or on social networks

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