When Technology Backfired

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When Technology Backfired As technology evolves, life gets easier. People think that it is a good thing. It remains true that technology makes life much more convenient, too convenient perhaps. There have been a lot of great inventions from the past unto these days and served its purposes for mankind well. However, there are harmful side effects we may not know. The inventions are as harmful as their usefulness sometimes. Some of these tools also play a big role on our lives. There are also people who depend on it to make a living. However, it has become our habit to depend on these convenient tools already and it is a reality we must accept. On the other hand, there is a way to decrease the effect from the uses of the tools. This essay will tell you about how an individual should manage the use of technology and counter its’ unavoidable side - effects. Technology nowadays evolves in such rapid speed that one couldn’t tell what could happen in the next five or six months and it changes from times to time. Every technology has drastically changed our lives. Remember back in the days when the children still play in the dirt with their friends? It is such a rare sight nowadays. This is the first major side effect of technology. It changes how we use to lead our life, our habit. We start to develop a habit, being dependant and always rely on technology, because it is convenient and as an easier way to get things done. It remains true that it is the technology that is helping us to get things done in shorter time and using lesser resources or manpower. However, this technology which helps us is also causing an impact on us too, psychologically and socially. Whenever we discuss about the effect of technology, only the positive side of it are presented. The Internet is the big invention which has a huge impact on us most. It is an enormous source of information
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