What Are The Benefits Of Modern Technology

When was the last time you didn’t know the answer to something and you looked it up? Now, I don’t mean looking it up on your phone or a computer. I am talking about looking through a book or article to find the answer you’re looking for. Just a little bit over 20 years ago, more than 90% of kids were outside running around and playing with their friends. In addition, they were building sand castles, getting their clothes dirty and just enjoying life. In today’s world, more than 75% of these kids are now staying indoors and entertaining themselves by playing on some sort of electronic device. (ABC 13 Eyewitness News) Instead of kids going outside to play on the playground and run around like crazies, they prefer to stay inside and play games on their parent’s phones. Nowadays, very few people, can enjoy life without some sort of technology on their laps. People have shown that they are able to have conversations over social media and over the phone, but shall you put a real live human being in front of them, they might struggle to talk to them face to face. Although technology has become undeniably useful, is it something that we need in our lives, or is it now something we’ve come to adopt that it is now too hard to give …show more content…
There are many downsides to human reliance on it. We don’t know when enough is enough. Too much use of the internet, for example, can sometimes have a detrimental effect on our relationships with others as well as our own mental health. Excessive use of technology can affect a person in different ways. We need to encourage people, especially the teenagers of today, to slower their way of life and not constantly rely on the internet or their smartphone. To take control of their technology before it takes control of