Technology and Our Social Lives
This week, I have a few guests visiting us and it’s been a very busy week for me. It’s a good thing that I work from home cos I have been juggling with cooking dinners for six people every night and the only time I sat down and get a rest is when everyone is in their bedroom! The kids are busy watching tele in the day and I am surprised that my friend’s twelve year old is spending some facebooking while she’s on vacation!
Gone is the time of 70′s and 80′s when saturday nights were nights with friends, hanging out. Nowadays you also hear about online meetings with friends using instant messengers. SMS has reduced the need of speaking on the phone. People are no longer as outgoing and socialable as they were before. Even movies and concerts can be downloaded home on demand preventing the need to go out. In fact, you can even work from home and not even go to office. Everything you need to shop, can be ordered online or on the telephone. You can even read online reviews in the web, from how to make a perfect roast to understanding progesterone side effect.
Talking of education, even graduate degrees can be obtained sitting at home. There is no need to attend lectures and classes in universities. There’s no need to stay in a college dormitory with new friends. Our old favourite TV started the couch potato idea. Studies showed people all over US were becoming obese and lethargic. Children instead of playing football outdoors were watching inane programs for long hours. All this only promotes loneliness.
Even internet surfing, to some has become an addiction. Hours and hours are spent online with no care of the real world. Similarly with online games. People suddenly become recluse. They ignore their home and family. Hanging out is no longer for them. This phenomenon is real in many places. Loneliness creates frustration with the outside world. A gregarious attitude is lost. Everything is a product of new and latest innovations of technology companies. And they are only researching and testing for more of these gadgets.
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