The impact of technology on our lives

20 Oct 2024

Technology has entered most of the details of our lives, to a degree that exceeded all imaginations, and has developed at a great speed, and it is necessary to keep pace with modern technological developments, which have provided many facilities in various areas of life, and have had a positive impact on human life, and the following are the most prominent positive effects of technology on our lives:

Improve communication and contact process:

Advanced technology includes many tools for communication, such as emails, phone calls, instant messaging applications, video chat services, social networking applications, and others. All of these methods have contributed to facilitating the process of communicating with relatives and friends, even those who are far away, in addition to saving money.

Development of medical industries:
Most hospitals have turned to using modern technology in operating rooms, medical equipment, and X-rays, which has facilitated the treatment process and reduced the possibility of errors by doctors.  Technology has also given everyone the opportunity to monitor their health and weight at any time of the day through applications that can be used on mobile phones.

Facilitate the educational process:

The use of technology in education contributes to facilitating the learning process through the use of audio-visual presentations, the use of special programs to monitor student progress, and protecting the environment, as the move towards e-learning greatly reduces the amount of paper used, thus preserving trees.  In addition to encouraging students to study by using applications and programs that make education an enjoyable process for them, in addition to the ability to access

Facilitate data retrieval and information exchange:

Technology has made it easier for people to communicate via email, phone calls, and social media applications. Electronic devices, such as computers and smartphones, have the ability to store multimedia and data, and provide the opportunity to exchange information and share content with others. The technology also allows data to be stored and retrieved via the cloud , which is a storage program located outside the electronic device used, and contains several auxiliary tools to perform various operations.

The negative effects of technology on our lives:

Man has become more connected to technology than ever before, due to its rapid development, and indeed it has had many positive effects on human life, but it has also had negative effects as a result of its excessive use, and this can be demonstrated by the following:

Negative impact on mental health:

Excessive use of technology increases the risk of a person developing mental illness, as is evident in the following:

Depression and anxiety:

  Negative social interactions on the Internet lead to high levels of depression and anxiety in individuals, while positive interactions lead to lower levels of depression and stress, so the quality of interactions via various technological means has an impact on mental health.

 feeling lonely:

  Many people spend a lot of time using modern technology, social networks, and other applications, which leads them to neglect their real lives and increase rates of social isolation, so that many of those who are in restaurants, clubs, or family gatherings tend to be more preoccupied with their phones than interested in talking to each other.

Negative impact on the educational process:

  In addition to the positives of using technology in education, it has some negatives, such as: the decline in students’ levels of basic skills, such as handwriting, and pushing students to disconnect from the real world, and obtaining misleading information, as many websites provide people with information whose accuracy has not been verified, and increase the rate of expenses needed to provide the necessary resources, such as computers and others.

Negative impact on human health:

 Although various technological techniques have made human life comfortable, they have negatively affected other things. Air and water polluted by waste resulting from technology pose a threat to human health.  The loud noise of factories and vehicles also negatively affects the sense of hearing, in addition to the negatives of excessive use of smartphones, which causes stress and many health problems.

negative impact on the environment:

 Technology negatively affects the environment around us, and the areas in which it causes the most harm are the following:

•  Air pollution:

 Toxic gases are emitted from factories and technology-based vehicles, causing air pollution in the atmosphere and causing respiratory diseases such as asthma in humans.

• Noise:

  Annoying noises are emitted by heavy machinery, factories, vehicles, and airplanes, which use modern technology applications, and this noise harms living organisms in the environment.

• Water pollution:

  Chemical waste from factories and mills leaks into various water sources, causing contamination of drinking water, disease and death of living organisms.