Some people are fond of buying new gadgets, phones, or laptops. Is this a good or bad thing? Discuss your opinion.
The latest technology in new gadgets, phones, and laptops makes them attractive to some buyers. While these contraptions are very efficient and good, they also cripple our mental agility. This essay will discuss why making a habit of buying new instruments will soon enslave buyers, thus making them incompetent without them.
Appliances are invented and refined to make our labour-intensive tasks simple and quick. They help people be rid of mundane tasks, which are tedious and tiring, so that they can be free to carry out more gratifying activities. For instance, until the 1970s, when the dishwasher became common in households in North America, dishes were washed by hand - a time consuming, messy and rough task. Hence, purchasing time saving devices is good and frees us to be better employed.
Conversely, while gizmos like today’s smart-phone with an inbuilt phonebook have made connectivity a breeze, they also do away with the need to remember important phone numbers, which is a dangerous development. For example, a 2010 study in the UK, found that more than half the people in the research did not know their partner’s phone number, which suggests that reliance on technology is harming memory. Therefore, mental laziness is the by-product of using highly evolved tools, consequently creating an alarming dependence on them.
In conclusion, buying electronic devices is tempting to make our lives easier. However, with the convenience of technology comes the consequence of giving away our abilities to the instrument at our fingertips. Ultimately, our fascination for electronic apparatus is hardly worth the sacrifice of our mental skills.
Some
people
are fond of buying new gadgets,
phones
, or laptops. Is this a
good
or
bad
thing? Discuss your opinion.
The latest technology in new gadgets,
phones
, and laptops
makes
them attractive to
some
buyers. While these contraptions are
very
efficient and
good
, they
also
cripple our mental agility. This essay will discuss why making a habit of buying new instruments will
soon
enslave buyers,
thus
making them incompetent without them.
Appliances
are invented
and refined to
make
our
labour-intensive
tasks simple and quick. They
help
people
be rid
of mundane tasks, which are tedious and tiring,
so
that they can be free to carry out more gratifying activities.
For instance
, until the 1970s, when the dishwasher became common in households in North America, dishes
were washed
by hand
-
a
time consuming
, messy and rough task.
Hence
, purchasing time saving devices is
good
and frees us to be better employed.
Conversely
, while gizmos like
today
’s smart-phone with an inbuilt
phonebook
have made connectivity a breeze, they
also
do away with the need to remember
important
phone
numbers, which is a
dangerous
development.
For example
, a 2010 study in the UK, found that more than half the
people
in the research did not know their partner’s
phone
number, which suggests that reliance on technology is harming memory.
Therefore
, mental laziness is the by-product of using
highly
evolved tools,
consequently
creating an alarming dependence on them.
In conclusion
, buying electronic devices is tempting to
make
our
lives
easier.
However
, with the convenience of technology
comes
the consequence of giving away our abilities to the instrument at our fingertips.
Ultimately
, our fascination for electronic apparatus is hardly worth the sacrifice of our mental
skills
.