The Evolution Of Technology: The Advantages And Disadvantages Of The Digital Era

The evolution of technology, made our lives easier and faster than before. Talking about the two distinct generations, like those born before the digital era and those from the digital era. Even today, the use of old media like newspapers, television, etc. is pretty evident among both the generations, but younger ones are more leaned towards the use of new media like the use of smart phones, IPad’s and Laptops, as it helps them multitask. Thinking of the older generations, i.e. grandparents and their time, they did not support new media as much as younger generations do it today. According to grandparents, studying from books, reading, and writing with pen and paper is the right way of studying. Using new media like IPad’s, laptop and smartphone,
But, this was not the case with the older generation, as they valued the people around them more than the technology, the togetherness and the sweet moments spent together. Furthermore, the advantages of the new technology are not less; it has certainly minimized the communication gap between people who are far away and also, there is an easy information access and
However, I argue that people often think of the consequences and disadvantages of the Smartphones and ignore the benefits to it. I agree most of us (students) use their smartphones during the lecture for playing games or using social media or texting and try to multitask. We students think we are paying more attention to the lecture, but it is not 100%, and don’t set our priorities. This is why I think older generations didn’t support much on the idea of using these devices as much, as the younger generations fail to give their undivided attention to a particular task. Multitasking is a good thing, but one should know where, when, and in what way it’s supposed to be done. Today, people tend to multitask more and faster compared to how people previously worked. As even in Benitez et al. article based on their research, “the results show clear increases in the number of task combinations that are multitasked from the older to newer generations.”(Carrier et al, 2009). Certainly, a step ahead into this digital era has brought in some beneficial