Modern Technology is creating distance among people or bringing them nearer?

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   dghbrhposted 11 years ago

   Modern Technology is creating distance among people or bringing them nearer?
   
   Modern gadgets making life simpler but do you agree that it is creating distance among people?
   
   

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   pagesvoiceposted 11 years ago

   In the not too distant past, families were together, either working around the family farm or living in the same house caring for grandma, grandpa or mom and dad. Eventually, jobs became more specialized and required a different skill set and consequently families started moving to other areas in the endless chase for better paying jobs. The family unit was fractured by distance, yet regularly scheduled trips back home and constant phone contact kept them somewhat still connected.
   
   Then along came the introduction to PCs, Skype, cell phones and text messaging. The personal phone calls began to wane. Trips back home started to dwindle and then there are those annoying text messages. Older people loathe receiving text messages. So the reality is we have become accustomed to keeping connected, via technology, but only superficially. Physical contact has become less and with that I think we are losing the core of our family unit. At least, that is my take on this issue.

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      dghbrhposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Well said. I really agree with your view.
      Thanks for your valuable response.

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   Twiggy17vposted 11 years ago

   I personally think its a bot of both. Modern technology is bringing people closer in a way that it lets us have contact with anyone anywhere at anytime. However, modern technology is bringing us away from real communications in a way. For example, my parents think I'm not communicating with them enough cause of the internet. In olden days, people talked and told stories (stories that were passed on) and etc. So yes, I guess it's a bit of both?

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      dghbrhposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for your kind response. The picture is quite as you said. We have to count the positive aspect of modern technology and try to minimize negative influence in life i think.

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   WestelCSposted 9 years ago

   With the successive development in technologies, many complain has been heard that technology is making us more concerned with the virtual world rather than the world under our feet and in front of our face. But what I believe is that technology both brings us together and tears us apart. Without technology we couldn't explore the Internet or communicate with each other with a press of a button.

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      dghbrhposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you for your kind response here. I do agree with you here.

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