As the world and its society getting more advance, so does the technology. There has been lots of new inventions of technologies as the result of its development starting from the Internet, gadgets, machines, etc. Because of that, it has become a culture in which people become almost completely dependent on technology. People have turned into what is called "Borg". "Borg" is like a mixture of human beings and machines. This shows just how far these technologies have affected the human beings not only on the positive side but also the negative one. There are numbers of technologies that people are extremely dependent on and the main three are the Internet, gadgets and machines.
Human beings are most extremely depended on the technology of the Internet. They are dependent on it because of its beneficial uses. First, the basic use of the Internet is to search for information. Not all information can be found in books or dictionaries. That is why people always use the Internet to find information. The Internet can also be used for fun other than just for finding information. For example, advanced society especially teenagers love to watch online dramas, movies and variety programs. They use the social medias such as Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc to have fun. Thus, they tend to get angry and impatient if they get a slow connection or even worse, they do not get the connection at all. When this situation occurs repeatedly, it will cause them to become crazy and unable to think rationally. That is when the suicide attempts and suicides can happen. For example, Shawn Wooley was a young man who lived a normal life until he played an online game called "Everquest". Later on, he became obsessed of the game that he committed suicide because of some problems arouse from the game. This shows how extreme human beings are depending on the Internet.
Most of community members are also greatly depended on the uses of gadgets. everyone who lives in today's world knows the fact that gadgets especially phones have become necessities and no longer reflecting to what people want. People need phones wherever they go and without phones or other gadgets it feels like something is missing and incomplete. This is because, they can use many applications only through a single click that can be accessed using light gadgets that can be taken during travel like phones and tablets instead of using heavy computers that can be used only at one place. Sometimes, there are people who cannot even sleep unless they have their gadgets beside them and there are people who are obsessed with the uses provided inside those gadgets. One example for these kind of people would be Danny Bowman, a 19 years old teenager who was obsessed with taking selfie using his phone. He spent ten hours a day and took about 200 pictures just to get the perfect picture of himself. When he could not get the perfection that he wanted, he went as far as attempting suicide through overdose. This one incident is already enough to prove that human beings are extremely depended on gadgets.
This might not be for everyone but there are few individuals who are depending exceptionally on the medical technology. Nowadays, stress is no stranger to people who work too hard to the point that they turned into some kind of robots with no life and emotions. They cannot understand others' feelings and only hope things will go on their ways. When that does not happen, they become stressed and tend to solve them by eating pills or using any medical equipments that can heal them at least as they thought they will be. This is why there have been numerous death cases caused by overdose reported on medias like newspapers, television, radios and even on the social networking sites. These people who cannot think rationally and wish to end things as soon as they can no matter what way they have to use. Every time problem occurs, they try to hold all burden and get it done by themselves rather than asking for others' opinions and advice. From that moment, they will have extreme dependence on this particular technology. It is clear that human beings can be seriously depended on the medical technology if its uses is uncontrollable.
In conclusion, there are many kinds of technologies in the world. However, human beings must know the limit of dependency on these advanced technologies because they can be beneficial if used the right way but can destroyed the humanities if people misuse them. World might has advanced but there are some things that should stay their ways without being change. So, the ball is in the human beings' court to decide what is the best for them. It is impossible to be independent without all those technologies but there is no need to depend extremely on them. These extreme dependency has become the embarrassment to others who are not involve. At the end, all these show the extreme dependence of human beings on technology.
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