Technology made us distant also

I always feel lucky to be born in this digital world because I can take various kinds of advantages of this advanced world as well as advanced technology. I can ask Google anything if I want to know something and at the present time, we have many chatbots which make such kind of things much easier for us. The communication system between people has been improved and now I can talk to anyone that's not better how far they are from me. Video calls and audio calls are both possible and thanks to advanced technology for it.

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It says that everything comes to us in pairs. And if we take advantage of something, there must be some disadvantages or risks also. And in case of technology, it's also not different. Overall, I cannot deny the advantages of technology, but something should be controlled. Otherwise, we should be ready to take the backslash of it. I have no issue with technology, but I think most people cannot balance everything properly and somehow all of us are affected by it. Why all of a sudden, I am saying that. If you are curious, I am telling you why.

Yesterday my grandmother came to our house after a long time. Maybe it's about 7 to 8 months at least. I was happy about her visit. After arriving home, I finished my dinner with my family members including my grandmother. After finishing my dinner, I usually get busy with my online activities, and I stay in front of my computer most of the time and it's like my regular routine. But as my grandmother was at home, I decided to spend some time with her. My plan was to spend some quality time with her by doing some kind of conversation or gossip or something else like I used to do in the past. My little brother and my sister were also there beside my grandmother.

In that time someone made a video call. My grandmother received the call and started to talk. Communicating with others is indeed advantage but the person who called my grandmother was talking about a lot of things which were casual but the person who was talking with my grandmother more than one hour. My siblings and I waited for one hour but the person on the phone didn’t finish talking. Three of us were bored in such a situation. Later, three of us left and went to our room for sleep.

To be honest, I felt it very much irritating because we were sitting in the same room but someone else was taking the time of our grandmother who was not even in the room. What is the benefit of improving the communication system when It actually creating a wall between those people who are close to us. I simply don't like it. I know that the user is the one who controls everything, but I think I cannot force other users to balance everything like I do.