"Most of us have a love-hate relationship with technology, but for some it goes beyond healthy admiration, writes Harriet Alexander.”
Majority of us are obsessed by gadgets and technology. Technology has taken a special place in everybody’s lives. Even a rickshaw puller is having a mobile phone and that too a multimedia mobile. Technology is making our lives simpler and better, but we are getting addicted to it.
Knock knock…“Hey dude where is my iPod?? Its near my PSP…and where is your PSP…it’s near my XBOX…alright..i got it.” Knock knock…“ohh I forgot my cell phone.”
These are the regular conversations which happen between college students. Obsession for something has bad consequences and the young people are facing the same problem. The electronic gadgets are the reason behind this nature of teenagers.
The 21st century has given world so much technology to rely on for pleasure and at the same time it causes addiction. Texting on mobile phones for hours, sitting online for long late night sessions and then forgetting about sleep, daily meals, classes and many more daily activities are some of the addictions of technology.
These are the regular conversations which happen between college students. Obsession for something has bad consequences and the young people are facing the same problem. The electronic gadgets are the reason behind this nature of teenagers.
The 21st century has given world so much technology to rely on for pleasure and at the same time it causes addiction. Texting on mobile phones for hours, sitting online for long late night sessions and then forgetting about sleep, daily meals, classes and many more daily activities are some of the addictions of technology.
Some people have so much obsession with their e-mails that they get up at 2 in the morning just to check their inbox, some of them are so busy on their cell phones talking to their girlfriend/boyfriend that they don’t even know what is happening around them and there really was a divorce case in the United States that was triggered by the wife checking her BlackBerry during sex. Honore says: "If you're finding yourself escaping to check your email when you're having sex or in a moment that should be very relaxed, very tender, very intimate; when you should be giving 100 per cent to another person and you're still yearning [for] the 'get mail' button, I think it's a sign you've gone too far." This clearly shows their love/obsession for that particular work/activity.
On the other hand technology is a blessing in disguise for humanity. It provides education (internet & computer…), employment opportunities, comfort and several other luxuries in life. But the above mentioned point can only be possible only when a person doesn’t get addicted to it. Technology has given a new face to our civilization and has been a boon for human. Gathering information from the internet or getting new equipments in research or in medical treatments and in our day to day life.
Technology should be used within the limits; it should never cross the limits.
4 comments:
It is very discouraging to see that we are obsessed with technology. It is very common to see people do not look at each other nowadays but prefer to look at their ipone and keep tapping away. Now it is becoming a fashion to be rude rather than courteous:-)
@Sajeev
Thank you for the comment :)
And yes i agree with you but it is not being rude,it is being ignorant of what is happening around,it may result to rudeness sometimes.
Rightly said about this generation and technology! A BITSian, are you?
Thanks for dropping by my blog :)
@Ambika
Yes i am a BITSian. :)
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