The Scourge of Technology

The Scourge of Technology

Yes, technology dominates our lives today. The computer I punch my words in, the sites I post my articles to, the mobile which disturbs me occasionally and the idiot box to which I switch on for my daily dose of news and entertainment and plenty of other such things which now have been taken for granted invariably dominate our lives. Yes, technology has made our lives better, more smooth, efficient and more can be accomplished in a lesser amount of time. It has made official work even better and affected the turnover of companies like never before. And yes, today we cannot do without the multitude of things that technology has made possible. But there is a flip side to it too. We have become more of robots, more mechanical. Today children are engrossed more in video games rather than go out and play in the sun. We have had the good fortune of playing outdoor games which made out bodies strong and robust. Today, virtual simulation games transport children into a world of fantasy providing little vigour to their bodies. So no play means that much less exercise and weaker bodies with little immunities.

Secondly, there is little time to socialize. We all have our virtual friends on the Net. And we chat and exchange emails or PING each other. Oh! And how can we forget those wonderful social networking sites where all we do is scrap each other and voice our opinions in communities and lobbies. No, there is no time to meet. We hardly go for picnics or excursions or feel the warmth of togetherness. Gone are the days when there was this real charm and thrill of togetherness. We used to joke, imitate and bring out the real characters within ourselves. Today, nobody really knows who we really are. There is a mistaken sense or at best a concealed sense of identity. We portray through of means of conveniences at our hands that which we are really not. And nobody really cares now. What matters is your professional output, not your real personality traits, which has for long been buried under the games of technologies we play. For instance, emails have wiped our letter writing. There was a warmth of letters which my parents wrote to me, had I known that the scourge of technology like a destructive deluge would wipe out the entire phenomena of letter writing I would have preserved them.

In short, we are a globalized society made possible by technology and many other things. But that personal touch is missing. It's easy to find loads of information and people who create them. It's hard to find the individual.