You're bombarding me with mails. No good?!

We rely on technology FAR too much. Kids can't spell, do mental arithmetic or even write a proper sentence. When I put my grandkids through a general knowledge test of things they SHOULD know at their age, they look at me blankly! We need to bring back the 3 Rs!

Yes it it is good and you now how to use it

Well the photo says it all - technology has stopped us acting rationally and that's why people walk in front of cars, trams etc. They no longer look right and left an listen to what us happening around them and unfortunately many die because of their technology habit.

without technology I would be able to function better because I have too much brains to use properly

It is a good thing for me as important part of my life. I use the technology to keep updated with different things and connected with my family especially during the lockdown time. It is always a personal choice of how you use the technology. I think people can benefit from it greatly as long as they are not addictive to it.

That's what will happen

I think my laptop is enough technology for me, if other people know how to use it then good luck, for a person that had to learn how to use such technology like, ledger machines, comptomiters, and pull apart spirit copiers, and Rank Xeros and put them together again, all sort of switchboards, at the age of 17, I feel quite frustrated that I do not have the consideration to help me with my laptop

Knowledge is good.

I think it has a place, but it has created issues with all our safety whether it be inattention to what is going on around us. But also our privacy.

I think Technology has a focus pulling effect, while also being useful when it's really needed! If we're focused on that mobile phone a bit too much, are we perhaps missing out on the simple (non-technological) pleasures of life? *Shrugs* It could well be! I say use technology as appropriate but keep it on the moderate level, and leave some room for the usual activities. Could prove to be enormously helpful in keeping us healthy and fit, physically!Edited 28-Dec-20 21:10pm

Bad no one talks anymore

This is a yes and No question. It all depends on an individuals need. The sadest thing is how most are married to their phones, out and about or at home they are constantly looking at screen of their phone, effectively they are slaves to the phone and cant exist without it

It depends on the individual & their needs

it depends of what & how you use technology?

Has benefits and drawbacks

No it's not good. We are loosing the ability to read, write or spell or fo arithmetic also so many of us have lost their jobs to technology

Yes

Bad....watch the show Next, it's already happening to some degree.

HOW COULD IT BE BAD?

Use of latest tech is only good if it is used for the best of mankind

BAD BAD BAD

yes

yes

We would be able to function without them but what would we do if we are stuck in the middle of nowhere and need help. So it is a good thing that we have all the technology we have as it can save our lives.

Bad

strange is it not... we were able to live reasonably well up untill about the 1970s before technology really started to rule our lives. did quite well in fact. now people cannot live without. no internet, telephone, or power, and everything stops. these days if the power goes off in the retail industry, most of the younger age group need calculater`s, they are unable to add up simple dollars and cents.

There's so much content out there and obviously not all are good. I think everyone need a detox once in a while from their screens and go out enjoy nature.

Way too reliant on it. Half the things on internet are wrong, people are misinformed, you can download apps to help you spell, fake qualifications, make friends who aren't who they say, get hacked. On the other hand you can learn new languages, research........ Personally I would love to hear universal weeping if the internet went down and watch a bunch of mindless zombies wander around with no idea what to do. The IQ levels may increase if you had to read a book and use your thumb to hold a pen instead of texting!

The Covid19 pandemic produced some strange outcomes. When there were no Mobile - smart or not - Phones people coped with seperation - sometimes for many years. They just got on with life and looked forward to being reunited with those missing. Come Covid19 when, thanks to Technology, we could all stay in touch 24/7 suddenly people are rushing off to counsellors on the grounds that they are traumatised at being required to stay at home - where they have or can have delivered anything they want, when arriving from other countrues or local States and Territories they are required to stay in Quarantine for just 14 days. They all still have almost unlimited means of staying in touch with their Familes and Friends. Generally, until children are allowed unfettered, un-watched use of it which has been proven to be extremely dangerous for them, Technology sensibly used is a great boon.

The technology is neither good or bad. It's what you do with the technology that defines it's positive or negative influence.

All I can say is god help as all if the internet fails for period of time ... we would see how well humanity fairs if we had to rely on our own knowledge

Yes, you can and rely on it too much, some people get withdrawal symptoms if they don't have their phone, I can't believe how expensive technology is, I don't know how people can afford to have the latest and greatest, I only buy refurbished and I am lucky to get hand me down iPhones from my brother, his family is quite well off. They are good enough for what I want, I have my MacBook Air to do all my googling, online buying, paying bills online and surveys, email to friends etc, but it is essential these days as everything is going online. There are still a lot of things I do old school as I don't want to be online, 24/7, we have to have time out to chill and see people face to face, nothing can beat the human touch.

Yes way too many people can not even walk down a street without being burred in a Phone and oblivious to everything around them. We need away time from all tech to be Human.

It will solve some of the problems humans create. What I dislike is the throw away mentality - a new iphone which the person with the last model goes out and buys. The younger generation are having negative mental health, thumb rsi, poor personal communication skills and lose their neck with a double chin developing from looking down too much and not extending the neck. Future is people in Wall-E.Edited 28-Dec-20 12:33pm

It's interesting that we are having this conversation on a computer..

Some people may have a lot and seem to utilise all of them but I only have a PC and internet connection and that more than satisfies my needs or even have time for. The best part is Skype so can talk with and see the relatives overseas. I don't think it's a fad or just a phase as there are many phases with the constant IT upgrades.

It depends on what you buy/ use. Some are overkill while some make lift easy.progress will always put up new stuff to be useful. A friend of mine once told me in Japan they are making stuff and by the time it reaches the end of production line it’s out of date and we never see it.

I think that when people are on their tablets and phones when sitting with friends and family it is a bad thing. Why not spend the time enjoying a conversation with the person you are with than online with "friends" you have never met, or playing games.

I don't think it's the tech stuff, it's the people pushing the buttons....;/

Maybe the younger generation as they dont know any better.

I think we rely on it way too much,back in 1859 there was major disruotion due to a sloar flare.it wiped out the worlwide telegraph system,When,its not if but when,imagine what it would be like,every electrical circuit fried,no communications,no power,no pumpimg stations,planes falling from the sky,you have already seen how people reacted to the china virus emptying shelves,imagine how it will be when this happens,every man for himself,they estimate it would take 10 years and trillions of dollars to just get US back to normal,if anyone is interested heres a link to the carrington event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event#:~:text=The%20Carrington%20Event%20was%20a,largest%20geomagnetic%20storm%20on%20record.

We rely on them too much. People have forgotten how to communicate in person rith one another.

My workmates would have a text conversation with each other because the distance between them was to great. It was a whole desk space between them....lol ....how mad is that? No wonder they would go shitty at me when I had 25 missed calls on my phone. Haha lazy ba#@&#$ds

I love having access to the world through technology but there is still a time and place for it. When people are so focused on their phones that they walk or scooter out in front of cars that is so dangerous. Sometimes it just needs to be put away!

Yup I got a cell phone, but don't use it much. I use my laptop more than my phone.

I reckon it is great. Years back I could only insult and upset one person at a time. With things such as Facebook I can easily upset a dozen people at the same time. My daily Facebook photo averages 1,200 views per day. That would have been impossible 20 years ago.

it just makes people lazy, to lazy to go shopping, shops close to go out for a meal cafe's and restaurants close, soon walking will become redundant, getting up to switch off a light if far too much of an effort, they have to see how many followers they have, how many likes they have, no time to go out and actually meet people, if some is walking towards you stuck in there mobile, and there is a tree of a pole on your left, take a pace to your right, they will automatically step to there right and will bump into the tree or pole because they are only using their peripheral vision, try it, it's call phone bumping, it's great fun

in this year we have been able to stay connected with those around us that without technology we would have been even more isolated than technology allowed us to be. It can be an essential communication tool with so many benefits. It is only how some individual users misuse it that makes it detrimental.

No! I just Walkies talkies in Apple Watch my daughter-in-law in USA. It’s great

Too much yes i technology. I see peoples lives without same technology like no mobile phone. If you have the will you have the way

It has good and bad points, but face to face communication has decreased. People with their technology have no road walk in traffic whether on the road or footpath.

Bad because we are losing personal interaction.

Bad as not every one knows how to use it at my age.

too much is not good for kids

Yes & no. It can be to much for the kids

Far too much and we rely on it too much

If anything happens and it stops working for a while there will be a lot of people that won't be able to spell, do basic addition and lots of other things that they have never learned.

this already a trend, to the future. can't stop it. just slow down.

Depends what and why you use it

I was on a civil defence exercise and the result was interesting. A group of us older people easily completed one task, while the younger ones were still asking how they could do it (without technology). However, I also work in newspapers and technology has allowed us to achieve even better results without needing nearly as many people as back in the days of typewriters, linotype and laying out pages in metal on the stone.

Technology has its pros and cons. I prefer to be outside away from my phone but its its always there. Look how were doing this survey.

My kids spend too much time on their technology, it’s hard to get them away from it!

For me it depends on how you use it. Like anything else an over reliance can make people lazy and stifle effort/initiative. However used wisely it’s a useful tool for helping is to manage modern living.

Sponging ideas! Helps the world connect to make this world a Better Place.

Everything in moderation (She says as she pries the Laptop from her lap)

For me technology is bad. I do not use social media at all and see that people are lost without it. There is hardly any personal meetings, heads down is dangerous and people have been run over by cars or bikes because they are not looking. People do not know how to interact with others now as they do not visit or carry out a conversation. If the World's computers fail for some reason, there would be chaos, no banking done, no business carried out, desperate people as they cannot use social media. Social media is so false, some countries are introducing Laws to stop bullying and misinformation. People can say anything they like. Stupid.

Relying on technology is not a good thing - especially when people begin to believe technology is INFALLIBLE. Still, I rely on technology - too much! I would be able too function without technology - because I function when technology WAS NOT so pervasive in our life's. Sadly, I think most people would be lost and won't be able to function - if technology was taken from them!!!

It is apart of our everyday life's .it can be good definitely.yes without it out life's would be different and yes I think I be lost and not able to function sadly. Also without technology I would not have much of a social life as most of it is on social media sadly