In times when most electronics are going smart, it not hard to realise that the way of life is changing as well. Communication being the most affected area has experienced what I would aver as an overhaul. In a span of ten years what we had as communication devices have ‘evolved’ to what is in our day ‘smart’ devices.
Whereas smart devices have eased communication and introduced other simpler, better and more interactive forms of interaction, some aspects of life have also been affected negatively. Some of the highly affected areas other than communication include culture and learning.
One of the most common complains parents of nowadays have is their children are too much on their phones or computers. Times when children longed for out of the house play time is long gone. Kids would rather play games on their computers than go play soccer in the field. In as much as the digital experience may be good and way too exaggerated than the actual real play, kids should not be allowed to lose touch with the real world.
There is need to re-paint the demarcation line between fiction and reality. Real play is good, real football is good and healthy, we cannot afford to lose that, no!!
When it comes to the now possible and common online classing, it will take a person with great discipline to be able to keep up. The ability to school without having to step to a class is simply education in another level thanks to technology. But, discipline needs be present. If one can afford to miss an actual class in the presence of a lecturer, how much more are they likely to miss these online ones where the lecturer is not there to monitor you?
Ten years ago, cyber crime was a term not many of us were familiar with, not because we were young but because it was not as rampant as it is today. As much as the governments are taking necessary precautions to curb this, new technology comes with new threats. I do not see a day when we will be cyber-crime free; however, some discipline could help. Training people on the positive use of the internet could help too. Strict rules need be put in place to prosecute those found guilty of this crime.
The Smartphones have turned to the slow killer of social life. While one can connect to the rest of the world from their smartphone, connecting to actual people close-by is slowly becoming a challenge. One can easily spend hours chatting with friends on social media but maintaining a conversation with a person for a few minutes turns out to be a challenge.
Like Albert Einstein once said,”I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots”.
One would think Albert was rude in saying this but it’s the truth, if we are not careful with the way social media is slowly taking away human interaction, we might end up on the wrong side of life’s rules of interaction and co-existence.
What technology is doing to our world is good, but it also comes with its downside as well. Establishing good discipline to help deal with the downside of it will make the world a better place I say!
