Downsides of technology ||

20TH APRIL, 2022.

Hi everyone! How are you doing today? We are still enjoying the Easter holidays here although with a lot of work at home.

In my last article https://read.cash/@Tife./downsides-of-technology-bcb11834 , I wrote about the downsides of technology. The first point in the downsides of technology is distraction. Technology causes a lot of distractions for students especially. We have lots of things to explore on the internet and without self-discipline, technology can ruin one's life.

Today, let's continue with the rest

Heavy challenges on the posture of the body.

Anytime we are using our phones or other technologies, the way we position our body is always affected. Sometimes, we even care less about our posture which often leads to body pains. We just get glued to our phones in any posture, most especially while lying down. We often forget to eat sometimes when we working on the internet and even when we eat, we overeat.

Development of ungodly attitudes.

A lot of ungodly attitudes that we see today were first learnt from the internet. We experience a lot of killings and wicked attitudes from people at this digital age more than before it's advent. Children are killing their parents for rituals. Youngsters in their teen years are making all possible ungodly efforts to get rich quickly without hardwork. All these were learnt through the use of technology.

A time waster

Technology is a time waster. First, the network is not always available. Personally, each time I have an assignment to research on the internet, unnecessary advertisement usually wastes time. By the time I finish checking the advertisements, time is gone and I have not yet done the assignment.

When I login to my Facebook account, I begin to scroll and scroll. I navigate from one page to the other and by the time I'm done, the time is far spent.

You might have had similar experience too.

Wrong use of tongue

This is very paramount among school kids especially. Children tend to copy anything they see on the internet whether good or bad. Any bad language that is used to correct someone in a movie is what they will like to use to insult their classmates who offend them in school. They speak foul languages as if it's a norm. All these happen through the use of technology.

Avoidance of religious gatherings

Due to this same technology, people now prefer to stay at home to connect to the internet and listen to messages and other activities going on in church. No matter how, we cannot participate effectively in religious activities from the comfort of our homes. Besides, there will be distraction.

I remember during the lockdown. We could not go to church. So we connected from home. There were lots of distractions like cooking, talking even during the service. After the lockdown was over, some people still preferred to sit at home and connect through the internet while others are receiving the full blessings in church.

These and many other points have been the downsides of technology. It all requires self-discipline in order to get the full benefits in the use of technology.

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