In modern world, technological gadgets have the
most significant role to play in our daily lives. Needless to mention, people
uses technological gadgets almost all the time; for work, to socialise with
friends and for entertainment purposes. It is quite difficult to refrain from using
technological gadgets at all because it can be said that these gadgets have
become one of the human needs. This somehow makes society to be more vulnerable
to have an overly dependency on technological gadgets. People who suffer from
an obsession with technological gadgets would experience spending too much time
on technological gadgets and are more likely to have difficult time to keep
track with the real world.
Now, let’s look at how technological
gadgets affect social life. People who engage too much time on their gadgets
will experience a decrease in the amount of time spent in face-to-face social
interaction. People are constantly with their smart phones; and most of these
people are active users in social media sites. When too much time spent on
socialising in social media, people often neglect the fact that they are
jeopardising their real life relationships too. The reality is people are
spending lesser time interacting face-to-face when they spend more time burying
their faces in their gadgets. Have you ever experience a situation where everyone is focusing on their smart phones during a gathering?
Lack of face-to-face interaction
Anti-Tech:
the next new trend perhaps? Following all the anti-tech movements, people
are becoming more aware of the consequences of gadget addiction. According to Mail Online, it is predicted that this year would be when people starting to
put aside technological gadgets and social networks to realise a simpler life.
This leads to the discussion of ‘neo-Luddism.’
Neo-Luddism
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Neo-Luddism is relevant with
anti-Internet movements in today’s world where people are being too obsessed and dependent on technological gadgets. Neo-Luddites are especially concerned with the increase of the excess
usage of modern technology. This is because they think that technology is changing the
ways of how society should behave. “Take a moment to think about the effect of
technology on society,” is the primary goal of many neo-Luddites.
Let's take a look at this video on gadget obsession. Can you relate yourself to the situation? Perhaps, it is now the time to consider switching off.













