Over the last 20 years, technology has grown tremendously at a faster rate. People enjoy many benefits brought by the innovations during the last decade. Technology today has spread in almost all aspects of our daily life.
Pros
Pros
- Helps in Social Networking (SNS) like Facebook, Skype, and Twitter.
- Incorporating technology on the job helps any organisation run smoothly and efficiently.
- Technology controls the world in which we live. Uses of technology gives companies the cutting edge over their competitors.
- Due to technological advancement, students are able to learn globally.
- Saves time and money and has made our life easier.
- Provides great deal of convenience in speeding up personal and business transactions like Paying Electricity, Credit Card Bills & Online Shopping.
- Communication is made easier and faster through social networking programs. It enables everybody to keep in touch wih each other at a very affordable cost.
- e-Learning programs provide immediate feedback on learners' performance.
- Easy access to any type of information for anybody.
- Technology enables people aware of natural disasters in advance to save their lives.
People believe that technology has only positive impacts, but there are definitely dangers and drawbacks:-
Cons
- Leads to less face-to-face contact among family members as nowadays almost every family member has a computer / laptop.
- Some old employees of any organisation are reluctant to change as it is difficult for them to grasp new technological features.
- As people ignore physical activities and spend most of the time with technology, it affects their health and eyes.
- Technology has exhausted the outdoor activities for children as many they browse through social networks and internet for a long hours.
- People fail to go to sleep earlier as they are constant alert to remain in touch with their friends & family members online.
- It leads to lot of accidents. Some people are not aware when, what, where, why & how to use the electronic gadgets.
- Because of process automation, it reduces the manual labour leading to unemployment problems even in developed countries.
- As people are totally dependent on computers and other technologies, if they break down, humans are not able to work and become less self reliant.
- Video Games and internet access have negative effects on society.
- Leads to loss of friendly and face-to-face communication.
- Technology increases the possible of crimes by tech-savvy people like accessing personal and financial information from non-tech savvy people.
- Prono-videos are easily accessible even by children.