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Technology and Human Interactions

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In today’s fast-paced world, technology plays a major role in our day-to-day life, and within a few years from now, the ways many people interact will become totally dependant on it. Obviously, technology has had positive effects and negative effects on what it means to be social interaction. Firstly, long-distance relationships will become closer. When our family and friends are scattered geographically all over the world, the advances in technology has made it very convenient to stay in touch with each other by using telephones, social networks or even communicating applications like Skype, Yahoo, Secondly, reuniting long-lost friends is possible. The advent of social networking sites and platforms like Facebook, Twitter, provides an opportunity to find and get in touch with our long-lost friends. It’s a great feeling to find an old buddy with whom you couldn‘t possibly have reconnected without such a brilliant form of technology. I had a personal experience when I visited the Facebook page of my best friend’s girlfriend. It turns out that she used to studied with me in elementary school. Thirdly, online forums are strong platforms to build the relationship between students and lecturer because they can freely express their thoughts on any subject. Communicating with a larger audience to spread awareness, support a cause or to discuss contemporary topics is more effective and brings together people from different backgrounds to share their experiences. But besides these positive effects, there are two negative impacts of technology on social interactions. The reduction of face to face interactions is a big problem. Humans are social animals and social interaction plays a key role in our society. Unfortunately, it is decreasing day by day. Root cause being more dependency on the web and modern communication gadgets. Although it keeps friends and families connected, it does not maintain the same bond as meeting in person with

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