Effects of Technical Progress in the 21st Century

We live in 21 century, century of technology and it is obvious that technology became an important part in our life. Some even can’t imagine their life without gadgets, because they are addicted on them. But do they have only benefits? I guess no.
Of course technological progress makes us live faster and easier, we do not need to spend a lot of time on household duties, because we have special gadgets, which make this job much easier. For example, in the past there was no washing machine and people had to wash clothes by hands, but now we have it and women don’t have to sit in front of some lake or sea and do this job by hands. The same story is with dish washer and with other helpful gadgets.
At the same time, technological progress has also serious disadvantages. As I had already said, some people are addicted on technology. There are a lot of examples which can prove it. In my opinion, the most common example is mobile phone. It is some kind of miracle if you see a girl or a boy who is not holding his or her mobile phone in hands. People are starting to forget that the real world exists, they have only virtual one. Even if friends are walking together, they also continue to use their phones, no matter that your friend is near you and you can communicate with him in reality, not via some social network. Technology takes our free time. We prefer spend the evening in front of the computer rather than spend it with our family or friends.
I think, that addiction of technology is a real today’s problem. It is scared, that may be in future real friends will be replaced by computer and people will not have time to devote it to relationships. People shouldn’t forget that computer and other gadgets are just machines and they don’t have feelings, as people.