Technology Controls Us

People nowadays are surrounded by technology. We can’t live without it. And we are

heavily relying on it every day. We would feel painful if no digital devices. In the past, we are

mostly influenced by the people in our community. Through Technology, we are now easily

influenced by the people in the whole world. Technology gives us convenience and helps us

to do work faster. Without a doubt technology gives us many benefits. However, Technology

also brings people with negative impact. We are living in a parallel world. When you are

gaining something, something will be losing from you. As we are focusing on our digital

devices all the time, we will not be aware of what we are losing. Technology takes away our

valuable things: Freedom, our time with family and friends, our true self and communication

skills. Because of the technology, we seem not be able to control ourselves. Technology is

too attractive to us. People are unconsciously loosing self-management and empowered by

technology.

Surveillance cameras cause people to automatically behave well in the public. The

purpose of setting up surveillance cameras is for watching people’s behaviors and leaving as

evidence when something illegal action happens. There are many “eyes” around us in the

street. Citizens are monitored all the time. As people cannot escape from surveillance

cameras, we should have consciousness of what we are doing and automatically behave well.

In other words, people are forced to behave well in front of cameras so as not to get

suspicious by police or other people. In the book “1984”, Orwell states that “not to let one’s

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feelings appear in one’s face was a habit that has acquired the status of an instinct, and in ...

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... information influences people a lot. People are easily losing their own

thoughts by the online information.

People are losing real interpersonal communication gradually because of technology

and it provides people with a comfortable place to talk. Technology decreases our chances

to communicate with people face to face. We are getting less chance to talk with emotion

and gesture. Typing words cannot express all of our feelings. However, technology gives us

confidence to share our things to the people we want. According to Maura Keller in the

article “Social Media and Interpersonal Communication”, she claims that “people are

preferring mediated communication; people tend to text messages instead of talking face to

face.” Also, according to A Time Inc. study, “more than a half of digital users are preferring using digital devices to communicate.”