Task 3 by Renda Kayali

Chosen Option: Blog

Question: Is the excessive use of electronics really bad for you?

Technology, a burden or a saviour?

Yes, to a certain extent electronics are bad for you. A small dose of electronics on a daily basis won't do anything, although

It may affect us at some point in our life, which will lead to addiction. The key to having a healthy relationship with electronics is to try to set yourself some tasks and goals that you will meet whilst you use any electronics. For example, if you are constantly using your computer for unproductive reasons and want to get better, you could try to at least write one story every 3 months to keep your mind engaged.

Excessive exposure to electronic screens can cause reduced blinking rates and digital eye strain, which is the physical discomfort felt after two or more hours in front of a digital screen. Cumulative and constant exposure to lights on digital screens can damage your retinal cells and lead to long-term vision problems.

There are a few positives that come with electronics; these benefits help in the real world as it builds analytic and cognitive learning skills. This helps people improve in the real world as these skills are everyday skills needed to survive in the world. Using electronics will also improve literacy in the certain device and as the world is improving the device is used more in the real world this will make it easier to use later on when everyone else's takes time to adjust.

Here are a few of the ways that technology can harm the environment: Pollution - Air, water, heat and noise pollution can all be caused by producing and using technology. Waste - Manufacturing technology creates large amounts of waste and used computers and electronics get thrown out when they break or become outdated. While these are some of the reasons for how technology can harm the environment, they can also improve it. Technology helps to work smarter, giving us better ways of working, analyzing, improving workflow and having more effective ways of running things that can benefit the environment.

To conclude, many children/kids who are exposed to video games that aren’t made for their age group, tend to have major behavioural issues. These video games that can be inappropriate for the children can manipulate and change the mindset and/or behaviour of the youngsters. This can lead them to mature earlier, in a wrong way, which is totally unnecessary, as you would want them to know what is for their age group, and nothing above that, as they are still kids.

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