What are Effects of Computers on an Individual and Society
There are many negative impacts that computers have on both society and human beings. According to Ed Grabianowski, relationships begin to wither as individuals stops attending social gatherings, skips meetings with friends and avoids family members to get more computer time. This shows the negative impact of the computer because computers makes the individual spend less time maintaining the relationship with their family and also shows the importance of computers to their lives. Children are not being able to get the love from their parents because most of the time they are busy dedicating their lives to the computer. Many families worldwide are falling apart because of the negative impacts of computers. Most families aren’t getting the attention from their family members because their concern is on the computers.
According to Daniel Court (2016):
- Using a computer for a long period of time can be bad for health if it is not balanced properly with regular exercise and healthy eating.
- If an individual constantly stares at a computer monitor for long periods of time it will deteriorate your eyes, this could lead to you having to need glasses.
- If our posture is not good while using a computer it can cause back injury.
- We lose a certain amount of social and human interaction when we rely on computers too much; doing this can make us antisocial, less confident and can cause us to become lazy.
- While production can be more effective in some roles by computers, this causes a loss of jobs in some sectors.
Paul Manning (2018) who is currently employed as an IT support in education said, one negative impact of computers is the loss of employment as companies seek profit by replacing humans with robots and computers. As the years go by, robots continue to replace humans and over take most of their jobs. Studies claim that by the year 2030 robots could take over 20 million jobs from individuals. Blake Morgan said that Robots are already starting to take jobs from hourly human workers, and it is going to continue. Research from McKinsey found that 45% of current jobs can be automated. Individuals need to stop avoiding the situation and start creating solutions to help the displaced workers. People can’t just simply put a stop on technology innovation. Many famous leaders have joined Elon Musk to start something called Open AI, a non-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research company that aims to promote and develop friendly AI in such a way as to benefit humanity as a whole.
A lot of businesses are conducted over the internet. This resulted in merchants thinking of new ways to introduce the internet with merchandise. Excessive advertising campaigns are being initiated to sell products and services of questionable value. The internet presents so much information that a vulnerable reader is not able to tell the difference between the real and fake or necessary or unnecessary. As a result, people are susceptible to making imprudent decisions.
A way in which companies ensure they are ahead of their competitors is by keeping information on their business strategies secret. However, computers have made it much easier for secret flash disks; a person can receive information from a company's computer and get out with it without being detected, since it is small enough to fit in his pocket. This information can land in the hands of competitors who will replicate your strategies and perform better than you in the market.
Conclusion
In conclusion, it is seen that computers have both positive and negative impacts on society but research has shown that computers has changed society for better than for worse. There are many more advantages than disadvantages that computers have on society. In this research we have learnt about the many ways that computers has impacted the lives of many individuals. Many authors enlightened us about the positive and negative impacts of computers on society and how it changed over a period of time. Many families worldwide has been affected by it because of the lack of attention given to family members, but it also helped positively because it helped in keeping society connected.
References
- https://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/computer-addiction2.htm
- https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-negative-impacts-of-computers
- https://itstillworks.com/negative-effects-internet-usage-8115765.html
- https://itstillworks.com/disadvantages-computers-society-8445576.html
- https://www.kullabs.com/classes/subjects/units/lessons/notes/note-detail/573
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakemorgan/2018/09/05/robots-will-take-our-jobs-and-we-need-a-plan-4-scenarios-for-the-future/#5a15e5606db4
