Nowadays the way many people interact with each other has changed because of technology.
In what ways has technology affected the types of relationship people make?
Has this become a positive or negative development?
In today’s world, the advancement of technology alters the way people interact and communicate with others. For instance, the appearance of instant messenger such as Whatsapp and social network like Facebook greatly influenced the types of relationships people make. Some argue it is a good development but some disagree. For me, I believe this is a trend under globalization, thus we should study how to use it in a good way instead of bad way.
The advanced technology makes the communication more convenient and rapid. The best example is E-mail, people can get in touch with someone that far away as well as do business with people all over the world. Later, instant messenger becomes popular as people can share photos, songs and documents with their friends and colleagues. People tend to share their lives and feelings openly and publicly. It is a positive development as sharing and communication are the driving forces of social development, the accelerated interaction facilitates the exchange of ideas and information, and hence the improvement of society.
But everything has two sides. Sharing of ideas and information digitally may lack of protection of privacy. The idea of commercial product may be stolen by hackers which will cause a huge commercial lost. For individual, their personal information and photos could be lacked and used in illegal purpose.
To sum up, I believe the advantages of technology development outweigh its disadvantage. Technology enhances interaction and sharing, also fastens the exchange of ideas. What should we do is to use it for legal and right purpose and thus it can really help improve our lives.