Technology has been the savior of the mankind and has always
been there for almost all our needs.
Today almost ever thing is driven by technology and the picture is
expected to improve further. The reason of developing better and smart
technology is to make our life easier but the question here is “at the cost of
what?” the reason it is important is because I think technology has made our
lives easier but in the same way has removed the term hard workers from our
resume or may be character. We proudly call ourselves smart workers in the age
of technology. Though I respect the term but I am not very impressed by the
support of technology we take in our daily life, rather the expectations we
have from technology. If we have to plan a trip we easily go and book it
online, we read testimonials, check out restaurants etc. to understand what the
trip has to offer beforehand, But at the cost of what?? I think we have sacrificed
the element of surprise, excitement and explore the new from the picture. I
recently happen to be in a situation when someone asked about me about Hindu
mythology and the answer was “google it”, but again at the cost of what? Here our
brain has been outsourced to google. We don’t
have to remember passwords, we don’t have to remember dates, and occasions etc.
etc. and trust the list is huge. Writing the article I realized that we don’t have
to even remember the spelling because Microsoft has got your back. We are
surrounded by technology all over the place and it is trying to penetrate everywhere from externally used devices to even our eyes now (google glass). I
am not very impressed by the thinking that technology makes our life easy; I think
it makes us dependent and after a while we will not be able to help our own selves. So what will happen to the phrase "god helps those who help themselves"???
