Effects of Technology

Technology is the present world. It affects people's daily lives. 

Despite how far technology has taken mankind, there are negative and positive effects on our lives. 

Some of the advantages of technology includes, but not limited  to: 

1. Communication- able to talk to friends/relatives
2. Access to wide variety of information
3. Access to online courses 
4. With implementation of technology, we are able to travel to distance places. For instances: space
5. Through social networking we are able to find long lost friends, school mates etc
6. Able to share information 
7. Complete complex task in the limited amount of time possible

Disadvantages:

The ensuing reveals some of the problems with the use of technology.

1. Dependency- people become dependent on technology - without technology people become irrelevant (useless) because we rely on technology
2. Lack of Personal Interaction: We rather send messages via SMS/Facebook etc. phone calls-Skype, mobile device. Gone were the days when we used to "Hang out" with each other.
3. Increase in Cyber bullying
4. Impact of the Work force
5. Public Safety
6. Hacking/Identity Theft

Technology has impacted our lives both negatively and positively, but technology can be a useful medium on our lives, it can also be utilized as a means of defaming, harassing (Cyber bullying) others. In the end, it is how we choose to use Technology.