People Have BeCome Overly Dependent on Technology

People have become overly dependent on technology

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People have become overly dependent on technology

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The world has in the recent years witnessed speedy growth in technology. There has been a lot of debate going on over the dependence on technology in doing daily activities. Many people are arguing that technology has made performance of daily activities easier thus making life easier. The other group has been arguing that usage of technology has been greatly misused and has made people lazy and non-starters in absence of modern devices. Technology has bought a lot of conveniences in the daily undertakings. People have not asked themselves what will happen if the devices we use fail for a period of time. If some people lost technology for some time their lives would come to a standstill. Many professors have argued that the dependence on communication technologies has led to development of a technicist society which has greatly changed ethics and independence of thought. Therefore, according to me, people nowadays have excessively dependent on technology in performing their daily function, even doing the simple things.

Firstly, robots are being used in many places and are performing tasks which were previously done by human beings. Robotics have greatly impacted the world both negative and positive ways. In china, robots have replaced human waiters in the restaurants. In Spain, there is a company which has specialized in production of robot butlers. These kind of robots are made to guide and entertain people. They usually have a large chest based touchscreen which is used to display the map of the surrounding thus helping people know their location. Exoskeletons have been developed in Japan and are battery-powered which assist in boosting the muscle power thus helping in lifting heavy objects. There is also the use of nurse robots which are being used to help overcome the shortage of nurses witnessed in many health facilities. The nurse robots are being controlled by tablet devices and are able to perform functions such as checking on patients. However, this will deprive the personal touch between patients and nurses (Keramas, 1999).

In addition, in the workplaces, you will find many devices performing different functions. In the modern world, every office has well computerized system. This has greatly changed the office operations as the functions which were carried out by people and by other means are being now done by use of machines. Video conferencing and Skype have replaced staff meetings. In the office if the internet is down or machines breakdown, the operations