TECHNOLOGY

Are we too dependent on technology?

Are we too dependent on technology?

Introduction

We are much dependant on technology, as technology is ever increasing, always making our lives easier we are addicted to it. Technology has changed our perceptions and our lifestyle, while we continue availing its benefits in other areas of our life. Technology is devised to make things easier; and more convenient therefore, we are dependent on it. We should benefit from technology in gathering enough knowledge and experience the world beyond traditional and limited horizons. We depend more and more on technology and are not able to do some simple calculations without using a calculator. The mind is more and more just in your head without using it. It is true technology is and has been used through history and has made of humanity what it is today. But we also should not forget that with the technology, we have made within hundred years more harm to our environment than in the last thousands of years. It is good to have the technology but, we should not depend on technology too much. We should also use more our own brain (Haferkamp, 1992).

Reasons for dependency on technology

Through the computer technology, men and women have lost more and more a kind of personal contact and sit and write in front of their computer hours and hours in social networks, and forget all around them. Technology is good for progress but, we should not depend on too much. Everyone might say it is a world of difference between what technology can do and what a society chooses to do with it (Feenberg, 1999). The society has many ways to resist fundamental change and threatening. In this regard, it is important to emphasize that transcends technology devices to include knowledge, beliefs and values of a particular culture and the social and personal context. Unfortunately, however, the general view, usually very small (and sometimes magical), limits the role technology can play in sustainable human development.

Impact of Technology Making People Dependant on It

The influence of technology on the organization and its participants are very large, for that reason they are getting addicted and dependent on technology. Technology has the property to determine the nature of the organizational structure and organizational behavior of firms. There is talk of technological imperative when it comes to the fact that technology is what determines (and not just influence) the organizational ...