“I fear the day that technology will surpass
our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots”- Einstein.
Just have to
wonder how he came up with quote like that long ago to describe the present
scenario. Smart phone usage across the world has spread rapidly even faster
than SARS and MARS spread in the South East Asian countries.
If you are
irritated with smart phone addicted people when they meet you and keep using
their device, you will be tagged as “old fashioned”. It’s a common sight to see
the families at the restaurants for an outing. But now a days, its way too
common that none of them speak with each other and throughout the dinner they
remain focussed on their smart phone activity.
It’s not only
the smart phone factor; it’s the cocktail of smart phone features and social
network. The drive of sharing every small things and trying to get attention of
others is increasing rapidly.
We need smart
phones to keep a track of things to do. Many of us do not remember what day it
is and rely on phone for checking it. To move your back off from your bed in
time also needs alarm in your smart phone. The ability and activity of human
brain in getting nullified day by day due to the use of smart phones.
People are
forgetting how to interact with each other. The early morning walk also will be
accompanied with smart phones. A columnist in a local paper confessed for being
a phonoholic. “My phone has become the 207th bone in my body. I think
I would barely feel barely upright without it. . . Such a feeling has been
named nomophonophobia- the fear of being without your mobile phone.”
Smart phones make you
forget basic manners and conversation skills. They make us think it is
acceptable to keep staring at a couple of inches screen in the presence of
another human. We have got into an idea that this sticking with smart phones
make us look smarter or we could impress someone else. We are trying to
communicate with the far away people avoiding the ones who are in front of us.
People are tempted to
text and post updates on social networks while driving. This is the main reason
for the increase in the number of accidents all over the world. Most of the European
countries and in US there are laws that could make you pay fine if you walk
using smart phones creating trouble for others.
Using smart phones is
injurious for our health. The radiations
emitting from it is injurious to various organs of the human body. The glow of
the smart phone prevents our bodies releasing serotonin, which helps us fall
and stay asleep. Your brain needs sleep to be smart- so again the smart phone
doesn’t make you smart. No smart phones in the room at least in your home will
be a smart idea.
The device is not bad. It
contains all the potential facts to be considered as positive product, provided
that it is used wisely. But considering the earth itself to be unfortunate, the
smart phone is not used to enhance our skills in various fields, but as a means
of distraction that is turning the whole generation into mindless creatures.
Technology can
enable us to reach out to people in ways that were never possible before, but
at the same time, it is also extremely capable of bringing out the absolute
worst of humanity.
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