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16.Although many people think that the luxuries and conveniences of contemporary ligeare entirely harmless, in fact, they actually prevent people from developing into truly strong and independent individuals.
Modern technology is seductive: the global networks transparently transiting megabytes of information in fractions of a second; client/server software supporting fabulous real-time multimedia presentations on PC and WAC workstations; effortless visits to the virtual reality world. As a result, people become more and more dependent on the luxuries and conveniences of contemporary life brought by modern technology and industry in the meantime lose the individual strength and independence in terms of physical and psychic energy.
When it comes to physical independence, it seems humanity has undergone a transformation from the ancient time to today. In the man’s early days, physical independence is the crucial factor that leads human being to outgrow its anthropoid long pants. For the sake of walking independently, they strived to exercise their limbs, let alone to depend on other crutches. The vision is the complete contrary when we step to the modern civilization, when our life is equipped with a variety of technological means. It might not be imagined that what the image will look like without , for instance, automobiles and air-conditioners in modern life. When people have be accustomed to drive cars wherever they go, including commuting, shoping and spending a holiday, they can not bear too much walking now and even a little walk will render them tired. In virtue of this, some prophet predicts that human beings will someday forget how to go on foot and human society will devolve into the primitive one. Likewise, air-conditioner ,as another means people rely on in excess, nearly cause people to lose the capability of sweat to eliminate heat when they can not live through the summer in the absence of air-conditioners. As a result .people’s independence for survival, and adaptability to the nature is bereaved .
What's more, other than the physical dependence on the luxurious means, people have developed ever-growing lie to the technological media-the internet as the vent of emotion. Every time they feel frustrated or bored, they tend to turn to the internet for escape or comfort instead facing up to the problem and solving it by themselves. In fact , the internet has served as a diversion ,distracting people from the actual methods of eliminating the inner emotion when they plunge into the negative moods. As they become more and more attaching to the internet, they feel a lack for something when they fail to go to the internet a day. Thereby the spiritual independence stealthily and slowly fades away.
Meanwhile, when human needs are satiated by modern technology, the newly generated need play the role to stimulate new production of technology. Thus, human’s dependence for technology is further strengthened.
In sum, albeit that modern technology brings us with many conveniences and luxuries is unalterable fact, people trade off the physical and psychical independence. To some extent , people will not know how to live if one day all the technology means disappear and in that case human being would be extinct since unlike our ancients we are short of the basic surviving skills to fight with other creatures and inclement conditions of nature. It is for this reason that we must from now on pay attention to maintain and reconstruct our independence when enjoying convenient and comfortable lives. |
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