The bad Impacts of Technology

 

              

                                                                                    Author : Sabuz Akaash

Technology has revolutionized the world over the past 20 years but that revolution didn’t come without a price.

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While there are some great benefits to living in a tech-filled world, we also should consider some of the negative ways technology has changed our lives. Few things come close to its massive influence in our day to day existence.

How has technology impacted the world we live in? The truth is it has changed it a lot. With the usage of cell phones and computers allowing access to the Internet, social media, and more, we can plug in at any time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

This isn't a problem only for adults either, because teenagers and children also live lives impacted by technology on a daily basis. Nearly everyone has likely experienced this problem to some extent. We sit down to relax at night and are immediately interrupted by a phone call or a text.

Many of us suffer from a multitude of negative results of overexposure to tech. The list below outlines a few aspects of the enormous and sometimes negative impact of technology on our daily lives.

1. Technology affects our sleeping habits.

2. Technology leaves us feeling isolated.

3. Technology promotes a more sedentary lifestyle. 

4. Technology is a constant source of distraction.

5. Technology leads to neck pain and bad posture.

6. Technology promotes a shorter attention span.

7. It is much easier to be a bully while hidden away online.

8. The use of technology may stunt the imagination in children.

9. Technology can cause eye and ear problems.

10. Technology causes more energy consumption and pollution.

11. Technology separates families.

12. The Internet makes explicit videos more available to children.

13. Social media promotes a culture where drugs and a lack of sexual boundaries are apparent.

14. Technology doesn't build the best social skills.

15. Technology addiction is becoming more widespread.

16. A loss of privacy online and risk of hacking creates more deceit.

17. Being being plugged constantly in adds a new layer of stress.

18. Technology leads to “phone thumb” and tendonitis.

19. Technology may cause a loss of empathy as we become more accustomed to online violence.

Technology has definitely impacted how we sleep. Many of us stay up far too late into the night texting friends or scrolling through social media.

It's hard to put the devices away even when we're tired. How many of us are guilty of waking up in the middle of the night and rolling over to check our phones?

The attachment to our devices can also leave us feeling isolated. A significant lack of human contact can even cause depression. When the majority of our interactions with others take place online we may even feel disconnected from humanity. Sometimes our online friends are not really friends at all.

The advances in technology result in keeping us glued to our devices, whether on the sofa watching TV or with a cell phone in our hand. What often starts as a quick scroll through social media soon turns into a fall down the rabbit hole with no end in sight.

Having every answer in the world constantly at our fingertips is a massive source of distraction. It might be as simple as troubles holding a conversation to difficulty keeping your phone out of your hand while driving.

It's difficult to sit up straight when you're stooped over your cell phone. Many of us are suffering from back and neck pain as a result of not sitting up straight. We don't hold our phone at eye level when we are looking at it, either. Instead, we typically lean over with our heads down to examine it. All of this leads to poor posture, neck and back pain, and occasional wrist pain from constantly using our devices.

Loss of empathy is yet another example of how technology has changed our lives in a bad way. As we become more and more accustomed to online violence, we may get to the point where it no longer even bothers us.

Ultimately, you can easily see the negative effects of technology everywhere. We are at the forefront of a new device-driven frontier. And we still really don't know how this will affect us down the line.

If we can't learn to unplug and tune out and turn off, our health will undoubtedly suffer even more than it already has. Although technology has plenty of good things to offer us, that doesn’t mean it’s devoid of negative outcomes as well.

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