What is technology?
Technology refers to the use or application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, in our every day life. It is more than a wide range of tools, machines, and methods used to solve problems, make life easier and simple.
Technology has changed many ways of living in our lives, from how we work, communicate, get information and entertainment.
Examples of technology are:
1. Digital technology (computers, wrist watches and smartphones.)
2. Medical technology (medical imagings like x-ray and scanning machines.
3. Transportation technology (cars, airplanes, trains, tricycle and others.
4. Communication technology (phone calls, Whatsapp video call, et-cetra.)
5. Energy technology (solar panels, nepa light, generators and many more.)
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What is modern?
Modern means something that is recent, something that is occuring in a present age. It can also be described as a sense of newness, freshness, and relevance to the current era. In time, style, technology and ideas and thinking even perspective and approaches.
Modern technology means the application of recent and occuring scientific knowledge for practical purposes.
Modern technology has revolutionized our lives, but it's not all sunshine and rainbows. Some potential negative effects include:
Modern technology has changed our lives, but it's not all rosy and beautiful, It has also pose some potential negative effects which includes:
Modern technology has cause many problems in many adolescents mental health as far as I am concerned and they include:
- Excessive screen time: the time most children spend watching television program is old enough to improve themself. Many kids have gone crazy due to z - world movies, social media addiction, they even watch pornographic movies and pictures on phones, which leads them to either mess there adolescent hood up or masturbation, and many other related act, like lesbian etc. even cyberbullying.
- Sleep disturbances: notifications, and constant connectivity. Sometimes, they don't even sleep at night, they are on screen till day break, which causes them to sleep at school even when teachings or lectures are going on. Some go to school late, don't attempt assignments or even read for test or exams. Causing high rate of exams malpractice in schools.
- Social isolation: decreased face-to-face interactions, loneliness, and decreased empathy. Some even go as far as acting what they have watched on social media. Believing they are adults and not answerable to anyone.
- Physical health risks: sedentary behavior, most kids go as far as taking drug like cocaine and co, just to meet up with the lifestyle of a role model they've chosen for themselves on screen. Which ends most of them in psychiatric homes, eye strain; the rate at which young ones suffer eye problem is really alarming, due to a prolonged look on light which affects their eyes badly. Poor posture, Some end up, sleeping on the table while trying to keep up with a favourite channel or tv program, causing pains to there body in the morning. Many had even learned to lie to cover certain activities they had done at night. So as not to be spanked or disciplined by their parents.
- Cybersecurity threats: data breaches, imagine someone hacking into your informations without your permission or wish. identity theft, and online harassment, plus many others.
- Addiction: most kids have become very accustomed to video games, social media, and endless scrolling. They have actually made it there life. Which is honestly wrong and a big trouble to this upcoming generation?
- Job displacement: automation and AI replacing human workers. In few years to come, many would loose there jobs, because your boss just bought a robot that can do in thirty minutes a work you would do for three hours.
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With this few point of mine, I think I have been able to convince and not confuse you on the effect of modern day technology. Thank you.
