Technology has an unprecedented presence in people’s daily life. This essay thus first aims to investigate wherein some people believe relating hobbies and technology is essential; thereafter, it examines why others think the contrariwise, followed by my opinion regarding this matter.
One reason that some millennials believe necessitates a linkage between hobbies and technology can be illustrated as the latter’s practicality. These days, almost everything is done by using computers and gadgets and thereby if the masses use them more often, especially during their leisure time as a hobby, their tech knowledge will be elevated, allowing them to increase their computer proficiency, which in turn helps them to accomplish day-to-day tasks faster and more conveniently. Statistics within a study done by the Yale University in 2017, for example, showed that 88 percent of people who frequently use their computer or smartphone for entertainment is able to finish tasks much faster than others. However, another notion begs the differ.
Another angle on this debate suggests hobbies should not necessarily involve technology because there are other important skills that are vital to life. People need skills such as social competency that cannot be gained through technology and therefore they should invest their time to interact with others via face-to-face conversation whereby they can develop their inter-personal abilities. A psychology article by John Abbey, an accomplished psychologist, for instance, showed that an overwhelming majority of individuals who spend most of their free time around technological gadgets find it difficult to befriend with their colleagues. This demonstrates that investing too much time on modern gadgets endangers people’s social life.
All in all, even though using technology on a regular basis is helpful to increase one’s computer literacy, I tend to agree with those who think there are other vital skills in life that cannot be acquired through this method and thus hobbies should not only revolve around technology.
Technology
has an unprecedented presence in
people’s
daily life. This essay
thus
first
aims to investigate wherein
some
people
believe relating
hobbies
and
technology
is essential; thereafter, it examines why others
think
the contrariwise, followed by my opinion regarding this matter.
One reason that
some
millennials believe necessitates a linkage between
hobbies
and
technology
can
be illustrated
as the latter’s practicality. These days, almost everything
is done
by using computers and gadgets and thereby if the masses
use
them more
often
,
especially
during their leisure
time
as a
hobby
, their tech knowledge will
be elevated
, allowing them to increase their computer proficiency, which in turn
helps
them to accomplish day-to-day tasks faster and more
conveniently
. Statistics within a study done by the Yale University in 2017,
for example
,
showed
that 88 percent of
people
who
frequently
use
their computer or smartphone for entertainment is able to finish tasks much faster than others.
However
, another notion begs
the differ
.
Another angle on this debate suggests
hobbies
should not
necessarily
involve
technology
because
there are
other
important
skills
that are vital to life.
People
need
skills
such as social competency that cannot
be gained
through
technology
and
therefore
they should invest their
time
to interact with others via face-to-face conversation whereby they can develop their inter-personal abilities. A psychology article by John Abbey, an accomplished psychologist,
for instance
,
showed
that an overwhelming majority of individuals who spend most of their free
time
around technological gadgets find it difficult to befriend with their colleagues. This demonstrates that investing too much
time
on modern gadgets endangers
people’s
social life.
All in all,
even though
using
technology
on a regular basis is helpful to increase one’s computer literacy, I tend to
agree
with those who
think
there are
other
vital
skills
in life that cannot
be acquired
through this method and
thus
hobbies
should not
only
revolve around
technology
.