Digital Problems

Over the last two decades, technology is been used more and more in everyday activities, like studying, work and entertainment. Some people, especially in the younger generation cannot do anything on the internet without checking Facebook, Instagram etc. Some say that the many hours a day in front of a screen can pose a serious health threat, with symptoms like insomnia, stress and digital addiction. can the many hours in front of a screen pose this serious of a health threat? Does it destroy other achievements in life? Is it worth it?

People are being stressed out, having insomnia and digital addiction. I do not think that it is because of the technologies itselves. I think that it is more because of people using it wrong. If you only use the productive sites and apps, I do not think people wold have the same problems. Most people cannot do something on the internet without checking Facebook or check their phone without checking Instagram or Snapchat. In my opinion, it would be hard to get addicted to productive apps and sites. But are any of these phenomenon’s new?

It is well know that it is not healthy to look at a screen the whole day. But is does it do more harm than the way people worked before? Are people more stressed out now than before? I think not. In my way of thinking it seems like the reasons why people are more stressed and have insomnia etcetera is more because of the social media.

In the working life, you now have to be reachable and available any time and everywhere. In a way I think that the cell phones have taken away our “real” free time. I think that this can make people more stressed because they don’t have any time where they are completely off work. I think that it was wery different and better a couple of decades ago when people had real free time.

There are big difference in what people are thinking of how the technologies has saved us time. Some say that it makes us much more effective because we can now pay our bills in the in the car in a traffic jam or find cooking recipes on the internet instead of actually have to open a book and find it. Those who say that it makes us less effective say that we have the possibility to do things faster, but we often spend it on the social media, with everlasting posts and surfing the internet. I think that they may have a point in what they are saying, and that it would be much better if we did not us so much time on the social media.

To sum it up I think that we are using far too much time on the social media, the games and other sites that is stealing our time and that it is the main problem, not the technology.