find it easier to rely on digital connections to relate to other people. However, these digital connections are just an illusion of companionship, and there are no assurance that there is friendship involved in that network (Turkle 2). As a result, the increased use of technology has made it possible for people to hide from each other despite the networks created by these technologies. Sociable robots are assuming the role of traditional communication whereby they are able to gaze, speak and convey messages where they help us learn new things due to their wide reach. As human beings, it is upon us to take care of these sociable robots since it is the only way through which we ensure that they continue to function. However, the assumption made about them is that they are going to reciprocate which is false. People need to understand that at no point will these social robots be able to take care of us in return (Turkle 2). Instead, they only magnify social isolation for us especially, with the intensified use of technology.
Based on the evidence provided, it is clear that technology is taking on the new communication paradigm. People are too afraid to express themselves to other people due to fear of disappointments and creating close connections. Others believe that when they relate to people, they might reveal too much than they anticipated. Instead, they opt to pursue life using technologies, masking their need for social adhesion. With increased use of mobile phones and access to the internet through the computers, it becomes very easy to assume what goes on around humans as it is believed to reduce the impact especially if the impact is negated. Further on, the increase in internet access has led to people being bullied and leading to psychological traumas which are associated with loneliness and depression. In order to not deal with these feelings, such victims have, they turn to technology and use it as a means through which they can communicate with others without having to meet anybody who will experience what they went through physically. Finally, technology is noted to replace people mediums as people expect feelings and in the same in return while machines and technological gadgets only need maintenance and one is able to access several things at a go. However, technological gadgets will never provide intimacy for people and using solitude to ward this aspect off does not help the loneliness situation. Despite the evidence provided by the literature in this article, there is still the issue as to whether loneliness emanates from the fact that people are being exposed to more technological advances or whether it is loneliness that is indeed the reason why people result …show more content…
The first points to technology being a causative while the other points to loneliness being the causative effect on the use of technology. However, I strongly agree with the first statement because increased technology use has an evident negative impact on personal interactions between friends, family, both in school and at home. This distant relationship is what breeds loneliness because people lose touch with each other as technology has made it possible for people in different geographical regions to interact. It means that people avoid close contact and opt to make connections with people they are not acquainted withhoping that they can experience their life out there, as they, in turn, avoid their
Based on the evidence provided, it is clear that technology is taking on the new communication paradigm. People are too afraid to express themselves to other people due to fear of disappointments and creating close connections. Others believe that when they relate to people, they might reveal too much than they anticipated. Instead, they opt to pursue life using technologies, masking their need for social adhesion. With increased use of mobile phones and access to the internet through the computers, it becomes very easy to assume what goes on around humans as it is believed to reduce the impact especially if the impact is negated. Further on, the increase in internet access has led to people being bullied and leading to psychological traumas which are associated with loneliness and depression. In order to not deal with these feelings, such victims have, they turn to technology and use it as a means through which they can communicate with others without having to meet anybody who will experience what they went through physically. Finally, technology is noted to replace people mediums as people expect feelings and in the same in return while machines and technological gadgets only need maintenance and one is able to access several things at a go. However, technological gadgets will never provide intimacy for people and using solitude to ward this aspect off does not help the loneliness situation. Despite the evidence provided by the literature in this article, there is still the issue as to whether loneliness emanates from the fact that people are being exposed to more technological advances or whether it is loneliness that is indeed the reason why people result …show more content…
The first points to technology being a causative while the other points to loneliness being the causative effect on the use of technology. However, I strongly agree with the first statement because increased technology use has an evident negative impact on personal interactions between friends, family, both in school and at home. This distant relationship is what breeds loneliness because people lose touch with each other as technology has made it possible for people in different geographical regions to interact. It means that people avoid close contact and opt to make connections with people they are not acquainted withhoping that they can experience their life out there, as they, in turn, avoid their