A Coin has two sides and so does Technology

A Coin has two sides and so does Technology.

– Shad Zaman

While we are talking about how technology, latest gadgets, gizmos, smart phones, tablets, social networking, chatting, blogging etc is creating a borderless world, at the same time sectarian, religious, ethical, economic, nationalistic, secularist divides are increasing day by day across the globe.

Time and again, question comes to mind, has this advancement in technologies of communication actually led to development of society or erosion of our culture, feelings, sentiments, relations and attitude with which we look upon others?

When we look at the past, 50 or 100 years back, there were lesser riots, sectarian divides and ethical wars. But the question is “were the numbers of such incidents were still same, and it’s just that source of information was less so we didn’t get to know about them or actually such incidents were less?”

We now have so many types of disease, epidemics, mental disorders and medical science has discovered umpteen number of reasons also for the same. Again the same question. Were the numbers of such incidents were still same, and it’s just that source of information was less so we didn’t get to know about them or actually such incidents were less?

Reasons can be both, incident of such nature was less and also the awareness levels were low.

Like everyone says that youth is the backbone for growth and prosperity of any country. And they need to be nurtured and groomed carefully. However we see that most of today’s youth is getting extremely impatient, arrogant and egoistic. Being patient is considered a passé. Its not an IN-THING.

The increased incidence of violence amongst the youth, victimization of females be it in office, college on the street at hostel, is on the rise. The feeling of vengeance is continuously increasing.

Why is all this happening? These habits were still prominent in the west. It was supposed to be part of their culture and upbringing. However our own social structure did not had such impatience and egoistic fervor.  We never taught our kids to be arrogant; yes we taught them to be disciplined. We often hear girls n boys committing suicide because they didn’t get good marks in their examinations or because their parents did not accepted their love or they are unable to get job or start any profession. Why such extremes taken by these kids? Why the sense of failure dominates the determination to fight back?

It’s difficult to understand this kind of behavior some extent.

While its good that technology is creating a borderless world and bringing countries and people closer, but it is also leading to creating bigger and wider emotional gaps.

We need to be extremely careful while grooming our next generation. We need to clearly explain and make the kids understand technology. What are its benefits, how and how much and when it should be used and equally important is to educate them about its pitfalls.

The kids are becoming more demanding, seeking more answers to every question hence we need to be clear in our own direction and mannerism in which we explain such things.

We need to make sure technology helps our generations to grow better, more learned more disciplined rather than becoming a reason for de-evolution of the society.