The Problems Caused by the Modern Inventions

The Problems Caused by the Modern Inventions

As one famous commercial says, “Technology always comes from humanity.” In this modern world, we have been counting on technology. It deprives us of our time and energy, although we can no longer live without it. Since it has made a huge impact on our lives, some negative effects caused by the technology are not irrelevant to us. Thus, as I have observed, the problems caused by the modern inventions are the distancing among people, the limitation of creativity, and the health problems. The first problem resulting from the modern inventions comes to the distancing among people. Since the cellphone and computer were invented, people have been starting to chat with friends on the Internet and shop online. We can observe an interesting phenomenon: Even though we still need to go to school or a company to join the class or work with others, we flip our cell phones frequently to check whether there are messages sent from family members or friends. It seems that we are controlled by these electronic products because we cannot help but stare at our cell phones all the time. Due to this unconscious action, we spend less and less time communicating with others and people become more and more indifferent to one another. Therefore, modern inventions contribute to the gradual distancing among people The next problem caused by the modern inventions is the limitation of creativity. Imagine lining up for a cup of coffee in a Starbucks or waiting for a bus to come, what will you do to pass time? As most people in this modern society, we do pick up our cell phones to do whatever we want to, like browsing Facebook pages, texting messages to lovers, or checking the stock market. Since people have started to highly rely on smart phones, they have been seeking fun games or chatting with friends online all the time when feeling bored as long as they own a smart phone. Remember those days when we didn’t have a smart phone or a really