This is a kind of picture we are all familiar with. We relate with what the photographer captured, but we are experiencing it with a new form of technology
Our Smart Phones
I am student of History, I say this because I am always fascinated with what has happened in the past because I will like to link it to present events to find out how much the pattern will repeat itself
Pattern recognition is a very Important trait that everyone has to learn. It is very vital in learning from the mistakes of others
Since Steve Jobs introduced the I-phone to the world in 2007. Society have come to be very dependent on smart phones, and with all amazing piece of technological Innovation, we Imagine how we ever lived without It
Our phones are always within our reach on a daily basis. It is one of the things people reach for when they wake up in the morning. It serves as a device to pass out boredom with games and it also serves as a portal to other Humans via the Social Media gateways
Over the years however the Smart Phone in collaboration with Social Media have been said to greatly shape Human Behaviour. Most believe that the thing that was meant to make us feel connection ends up causing more harm than good
Most of the relationships we have online are largely superficial, there is nothing that really bounds us with most of the people that we Interact with on social media.
Communication is a two way thing, speaking and listening. For us to have really conversed with a person we must have talked to and listened to them. And social Media makes it impossible to have hard communications with people. The ability for someone to ignore a text for two days and reply whenever we want is one of the downsides of social media
When we send a text to someone and fail to get a reply, our Imagination goes into action, and different reasons why the person failed to reply the text starts going through our mind, and most times what we have conjured up turned out to be false. This also ends up affecting how we interact with the person in future
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This is so true, I've asked myself certain questions concerning technology and our lives and I even made a post for it some time ago. The truth is technology has been of great assistance to humanity, it has made life easier for us all in terms of transportation and communication But on the other hand there are negative effects of technology lingering in our lives. By neglecting basic human and mammalian instincts like family life, socializing, and physical exertion, we have become hollow and artificial. Although we are reaping benefits, we are losing the little of the precious humanity left in our lives due to over-reliance.
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This is a very nice contribution @kingeazi. Are there any ways you think that this can be solved or managed ?
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From the rate at which technology is growing and the way humans are getting too dependent on it for everything including sex, there's now sex doll for that, lol. It's obvious there'll come a time wen we can no longer live without technology. This is surely gonna happen and it cannot be averted or solved, it's inevitable but it can be managed if we try, maybe setting up control measures on the growth of technological advancement.
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Smart phones have affected our communication with people. Like you said,
Asides this, in reality even when we are physically present with the person, We rarely listen. Probably that moment we decide to give the conversation our attention, one notification pops up and we get totally lost.
The same social media has given us the opportunity to stay closer to friends and family through chat groups. Thereby strengthening communication.
In summary, I would Say Smart phones and the social media have disrupted effective communication but if properly used, it can promote effective communication and build good relationship.
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Thats very true @gee1.
There is nothing as annoying as giving attention to a phone when in conversation with people.
There are some kind of people that If I am with them I don;t even pick incoming calls.
Our presence is one of the few free gifts we can give someone we really want to be with.
@ogochukwu
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I've been having similar thoughts like this. With the way humans are evolving, I'm tending to believe what Dan brown said in his recent book 'Origins'. The book was trying to make us understand that as humans continue to over rely on technology, a time will come when it would totally become indispensable to the normal society. Humans will then continue to merge with technology resulting in a cyborg-like future. But for now, the question of the morality of a 'pseudosymbiotic' life of man & machine still remains unanswered.
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This is a kind of book I will like to lay my hands on, do you have any link to it @epaphrasdaniel
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You can get the PDF here Dan brown Origins then click GET
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If you prefer epub, try this epub format
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This is an excerpt of the book from my E-library
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I'll soon be posting on how scientists are trying to use cryogenics to create immortality, which further proves Dan Brown's point.
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We love our smartphones, maybe a little too much.
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Very true @greenrun
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Communication is a two way thing, speaking and listening. For us to have really conversed with a person we must have talked to and listened to them. And social Media makes it impossible to have hard communications with people. The ability for someone to ignore a text for two days and reply whenever we want is one of the downsides of social media
Remember that communication consists of both verbal and nonverbal components, therefore in the case of someone not responding to a text message, that is already communication on its own(perhaps indicating loss of interest), just the same way that someone can ignore you physically during a convasation. These can be classified as non verbal communication.
Therefore in my opinion I believe technology has helped us tremendously in both in socializing and communicating.
Thanks @ogochukwu
@largerben
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To answer your question is i think both technology change us and expose us, it really depends on the person. The same applies for smart phones and the example is that if i just use the technology to help myself do some calculation faster, learn about the weather, communicate with some friends that live far from me, use tech in my work to make it simpler and better both for my sake and my company's then it's just change us for the better. Now if i overuse the tech by literally doing everything with it then probably i am changing myself for the worst.
If we upload images of our social and in general our life then pretty much we expose themselves, the choice still remains within us on what to do so if we wanna blame someone let's start from ourselves
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Indeed they have, but not as people think.
Smartphones gave us just what people needed for: a smarter mean to keep in touch each other, a way to stay connected all day long without barriers.
If we go deeper: smartphones gave us the chance to feel less alone, or at least the illusion of it.
Communications are faster, realtime, without boundaries: this changed the way we behave.
Once upon a time you had to schedule a meeting with your friends way before the day of the meeting, now an instant message asking “Where are you” sent 5 minutes before is enough.
So you don’t rely to a physical place to manage your communications, that was for example our house or office, where we used to have our phones.
Furthermore, while 20 years ago we were used to long delay, now we expect instant reply, making us unable to manage uncertainty.
Messages such as “where are you” are usual, and we get scared if the receiver doesn’t reply in few minutes.
They are just examples, and our teenagers are deep inside these changes.
So yes, our smartphones didn’t change our communications, but changed the way we relate each other.
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