From invitations to celebrations, we rely on the social media platforms. Humans being social being engages themselves into interaction through the digital devices. It is no doubt that technology has facilitated to view the corners of the world, while being within the four corners of a room. Technological Advancement comes with pros as well as cons.

Nowadays, people spend hours of time being attached with digital gadgets which has declined the real-life social interactions. Lack of face-to-face social interactions may lead to the loneliness and isolation. While being in family gatherings, members are busy smiling while scrolling their phones. Parents introduce gadgets to their children to keep them occupied during meals. Nowadays, most of the children are non-interactive and hesitate to have in-person interactions or start to cry if they are not allowed to play games or watch cartoons in the devices. Grounds are less crowded and no shouting of children are heard as most of the kids keep themselves busy going through the screen.

Excessive use of technology can cause severe effect to our mental health, leading to anxiety, depression and eyestrain. According to the article on “ Social media and Depression symptoms: a meta analysis” published in 2021, it has been found that a weak but significant association between the time spent on social media and depression. People have the urge to check the text, notifications and messages constantly. Everytime we are in need of gratification from the social media platforms. The increased use of digital devices has led to decrease in physical activities. Technology delivers the opportunity to gain new information but at present context the use of AI has led to decreased creativity. We are relying on AI tools to answer our each and every questions. It seems no fat that if someone ask “ How is your life going on?” the other person might answer by saying let me ask chatgpt.

Use of excessive digital platform has reduced the productivity and increased level of distraction. We get easily distracted by a single notification be it facebook or instagram. The statistics of cybercrimes has been increasing significantly resulting to identity theft, breach of personal privacy and leaking of financial details.

With the rising use of technology, mankind should be aware of cons of the technology. People should use digital gadgets but not let digital gadget control them.

-Jena Siwakoti