Todays Technology

Innovation and creativity , these are the benchmarks that pave the way in producing new ideas in technology . The common notion with regard to technology always goes both ways it is either beneficial or it is detrimental . As time moves on , technology has been constantly evolving towards the future but despite these , technology has harmed our very society . Although the modern day technology has far exceeded the expectations of humanity , it still does not discount the fact that technology has produced more harm than good in society

Most people often talk about the

wonders and advantages of the internet Some even state that the internet is a place of solitude where one can escape the hazards of reality . Moreover , the internet brings about tons of romance . It is actually now common for couples to meet in the internet . The internet lets people nourish their relationships through chat rooms , email , news groups and web pages . However , news of abuses blackmails and money-making schemes have been rampant is such places . As romantic as these places can be , they are also quite dangerous

On an average , increases in depression are about one percent for every hour spent on line per week . Furthermore , online activity resulted in increased loneliness as well (Stoll 270 . The internet is a social technology used for communication , yet it results in the declining social involvement and psychological well-being of a person

In a modern home , it is sad to say that working parents spend a six to eight minutes a day talking with their children . Some of these parents have high tech jobs and they are willing to be on call the entire twenty-fours of the day . Thus , what is left in their homes is usually an empty house and of course , the television . Children normally watch television in their bedrooms . In most cases , parents have no idea what their children are watching or doing . Truth be told , some children fail elementary school because parents use televisions as babysitters

People use the internet as a means to keep in touch through email . Aside from this , new friendships blossom in online interest groups . The downside of this is that we lose our real friends to online friends Online friends cannot help us with neighborly favors such as small loans , babysitting , help with shopping , or advice about jobs and careers . Moreover , the internet has contributed to the significant declines in social involvement within the family . Email , telephones , and faxes all prevent or lessen our basic skills of interacting with people face to face . Those that deal with the computer everyday do not have the slightest idea on the basic social rules of conversation . They will not learn how to properly barge into conversations or how to express one 's self to another . It will be frightening for them to speak to in front of a live audience . Nor will they understand when or why to be silent

Children usually come home from school and their parents let them play video games daily...