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Before I start my discourse, I want you to answer me, Are new technology and devices
making us lazy, dumb and dependent? Technology is time-saving, but we might not know how
to use it wisely, convenience turned into dependency. Technology has made life so convenient
for us we are scared of the fact to spend a day without gadgets for an extended period. Yes we
are under the fact that: Technology makes us lazy, always a common statement.
Over 3.8 billion people use the internet today, which is 40% of the world’s population.
Technology is everywhere, and I mean everywhere. Technology is not only rapidly changing, but
it’s changing so fast that most of us don’t even recognize these changes. We take most of it for
granted, and consider it the norm. Many people have yet to realize just how rapid and profound
the current digital revolution is, or how quickly it’s breaking down old institutions. But the future
is approaching even more quickly that we think. Right now, all the pieces are in place to
completely change the face of products, technologies, organizations, and entrepreneurship over
the next few years. For me, the progress, while not making us lazy, makes human being more
active both physically and mentally. First of all, machines or high technology don’t help people
do less work but help them complete tasks more quickly. Let’s not blame technology for making
us lazy because technologies can’t make decisions for us. What we do during the free time with
technology is entirely left to us. We have to decide on how productively to use them. People are
more and more relying too much on technology to do everything for them, however these sorts
of technology are useful when it is required yet technology sets lots of problems when it comes
should always rely on it. We are the one who is making decisions if we are making ourselves
lazier and dumber and not the technologies. So I ask again: does technology make us lazy? No.