Task 3 Technology and human development

Ingles B2

Eduardo Luis Jácome Castilla 1090425677

Tutor

Carlos Fernando Vasquez Mejia

Universidad Nacional Abierta Y A Distancia UNAD

Escuela De Ciencias Administrativas, Contables, Económicas Y De Negocios (ECACEN)

Administración de Empresas

Abril 2022
Activity
How technology has changed human life

Today many technological tools are being used that from today's point of view help human
beings in their daily activities, I would like to make a reflection on this topic and look back
to the past and remember my childhood which passed without the use of electronic devices
that made my life happy, the days were spent playing with friends in the street, using our
imagination to have fun we performed all kinds of activities that kept us entertained; I write
this in order to compare us with children who today to be happy must be connected in an
online game to be happy. In this precise case, technology has brought a lot of sedentarism
in children and generates negative aspects for society. I can mention that as I grew up I
have used more and more electronic elements that have brought with them many positive
aspects and also some negative aspects.

also some negative aspects; let's start with the positive aspects, for the development of my
work technology has provided tools for information analysis that has allowed me to make
some important decisions to get new customers, it also allows me to have the necessary
information in the palm of my hand through my cell phone where I have applications that
allow me to be connected to the cloud where all important data is stored and can be
accessed without the need to be in the workplace. Another positive feature is that through
technology we are connected to our family all the time and I believe that in the near future
we will have reached a closer communication through the metaverse. As well as there are
positive aspects there are also negative ones and I emphasize the loss of time and the
mental wear and tear of being connected all the time to technological elements. According
to the article the negative impact of technologies on adolescents and young people "Young
people have replaced dialogue with textual messages. The dominance of cellular phones
has created a new addiction that keeps many people dependent on it", and this applies not
only to young people but to all ages of human beings.

To conclude this short essay, it is important to be clear that technology brings with it
positive and negative aspects as everything in the life of the human being, the excesses
have always caused damage to people, life is composed of a balance in all its facets.
Technology has a very high value in everyday life, an example of this was the pandemic, in
which many jobs and many activities were sustained thanks to technological advances and
also many young people were able to sustain virtual education for almost two years, which
allowed the effects of the pandemic were not more profound and catastrophic. If we go
deeper into the study that I am currently carrying out thanks to technology, the quality
virtual education provided at UNAD would not be a reality without the technological
advances that we have. From my point of view there are more positive aspects that have
allowed the development of human activities in search of a better quality of life.