IS  TECHNOLOGY  SURPASSING  HUMAN

VALUES  ?

 In the recent years, technology has seen an exponential growth in terms of both – market value and human interests. The importance of tech. In our lives has increased manifold in the last decade so much so, that we especially urban people can’t imagine our lives without the help of technology in some form or the other. Technology has left no aspect of our life untouched. It has penetrated into even our basic lives. It is now that the question arises- Is TECHNOLOGY A BOON OR A BANE? Is it really that much necessary its absence would trigger a SUBSISTENCE CRISIS ? Simple as these questions may seem, they are as complicated as a spider’s web and to find the perfect answer for this question would be similar to searching for a needle in a hay stack. At the most we can try to visualize both its pros and cons impacts and then try to comprehend which overweighs which.

    

Technology has really helped us in simplifying our everyday lives as well as improving our standard of living but on the other hand it has transformed the human race from being self reliant and moreover, technology addicts. Also technology is limited to the affluent sections of the society and less lucky or maybe more lucky sections of society are deprived of it. This further widens the already flourishing disparities in our society. EINSTEIN had once rightly remarked “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction- The world will have a generation of idiots”.

Excessive use of technology has a no. of social, personal and medical side effects. Addiction to technology has caused the detachment of addicts from their fellow beings but on the other hand it has its positive impacts on a person too, if used optimally. Also the growing impact of social pollution arising from technology has greatly hampered the creativity of youth. Nowadays we are becoming more and more connected to technology and disconnected from our social values. Technological skills are being mastered but social skills, human touch, emotions  and human skills are dead and this all  led to moral degradation in our society.

           No doubt if people go on being addicted to technology in this way, it would be an apocalypse for the society. However if we juxtapose all these side effects (positive as well as negative) then we can surely reach a consensus that technology is effective useful and reliable but only if we use it optimally, just as famous cliché goes –ANYTHING IN EXCESS IS HARMFUL.