Technology

Technology has taken over our life in a such a way that has caused alarm. There has been enough evidence to suggest that most often people are likely to look at their phone first thing when they wake up before they can even step out of bed to confirm if they ca walk. Walking down the streets and one is likely to encounter more than 80% of the population on their phones scrolling down through blog post most of which spread false information or are on social media. Technology has improved several things in our lives including how we communicate. Globalization is now on another level because of technology and you will see people from different parts of the world being able to communicate and exchange ideas through technology. Access to information is also now faster and people are able to get information firsthand in real time. Although we can name so many advantages that technology has impacted in our lives too much use has caused harm.

Use of phones have resulted in addiction as well as a disruption in sleeping pattermn and has laso contributed to the prevelance of stress (Thomee, 2011). There is a new form of addiction which is the internet addiction and most millennials suffer from it only that most do not know. If we were to monitor the number of times that one spends on their phones, then most of us would actually be shocked. I believe that we can still stay connected without causing a disruption of our lives with too much phone usage. An example is one limiting the number of times they access social media platforms. One can limit the use of social media platforms to maybe a maximum of two hours a day split throughout the entire day thus one still knows what is going on but their attention has not been distracted. If we do not find solution to the extensive use of the internet that we currently have then it is likely to eventually cause a problem (Takao, 2009).

References

Takao, M., Takahashi, S., & Kitamura, M. (2009). Addictive personality and problematic mobile phone use. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 12(5), 501-507.

Thomée, S., Härenstam, A., & Hagberg, M. (2011). Mobile phone use and stress, sleep disturbances, and symptoms of depression among young adults-a prospective cohort study. BMC public health, 11(1), 66.