There are two ways to look at the impact of technology on human relationships. Some people say social media has made us more connected, while others argue that it has actually pushed us further apart, with everyone just focused on their own entertainment. Personally, I lean more towards the second view, but I also want to acknowledge the first.
When it comes to social media, I do agree that it helps people stay in touch, even when they’re far away. But I want to focus on relationships where we can actually meet in person. Because of social media, which often feels like a platform to show off, we’ve lost the ability to fully engage with the moment. Instead of focusing on real-life conversations, we’re judging people by their follower count, the posts they upload, and things like that.
Plus, we don’t even talk about our lives with each other as much anymore, because it’s all already posted online. There’s no need for deep, meaningful conversations. For example, instead of asking how someone’s trip was, we just say, “Oh, I saw you went to Mongolia. I want to go there too.” It’s like we’re just checking the facts, without really connecting. This “showing off” culture also makes it harder to sincerely celebrate other people’s achievements. It feels like everyone’s just trying to outshine one another online.
I truly believe technology has made people more individualistic. We don’t even need to physically hang out anymore, because as long as we have our phones, we’re entertained. There’s actually research showing that after the pandemic, the number of people choosing to stay single increased. People got used to being alone with their gadgets, and now they don’t feel the need to be in a relationship as much.
At the end of the day, I’m someone who wishes we could go back to a time before technology started pulling us apart. Yes, technology has brought a lot of positive changes, but I still feel sad about how it’s impacted our ability to connect on a deeper level.
+) Maybe it’s just a matter of balance. Technology has its advantages, but we shouldn’t let it replace real, face-to-face connection. At the end of the day, human relationships are what matter the most, and that’s something no amount of likes or followers can replace.
There would be two insights of seeing the impact of technology on human relationships. Someone could say that social media makes people more connected, another would say tech has made people more separately with their own funny stuff.
I’m on the later side, but I also want to talk the former one. When it comes to social media, I agree that people could get in touch with others even if they are living far from each other. However, let me talk about the relationships which of them could see in person. Because of the social media, the place where I should show off myself, now we couldn’t focus on the scene. We judge each other from their social media’s followers, their uploaded post, and so on. And we also skip talking about our recent events. Because they have been already uploaded on the media. we don’t have any empathizing talk about that, we just check the fact. for example, we just say like “yeah I’ve seen that you went to the mongolia. I want to go there too.” Because of the showing off culture, we cannot celebrate others sincerly, wanting to be more attractive in online than others.
I truely agree that people become more individualistic because we don’t have to be together if we only have a phone, or whatever. They could make us fun enough not to want to hang out with others. There is a research that after pandemic, ratio of being a solo than being a coulpe has grown a lot. Because they have gotten used to be alone with the technology things!
At the end of the day, I’m the person who wants to go back to the past when technology haven’t draft our connection apart. I can tell it has changed a lot in a good way by the development of tech, but I still couldn’t leave my sadness about tech’s drawback.
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