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Some people think the technology makes life complex, so we should make life simpler without using the technology. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#people #technology #life
There is no denying
technology
 is ubiquitous, omnipresent and touches pretty much every aspect of our life. The original intention of
technology
 is to make our life more comfortable and easier.
However
, advance
technology
 brings forth negative effects, and the most obvious and detrimental impact are environment and relationship degradation. I can’t find any option other than to argue that the benefits will outweigh the negatives if we omit
technology
 from our daily routine.
To begin
 with, technologically advanced urban
arearesponsible
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area responsible
 for more than 90 % of global greenhouse gas emissions and transportation contribute for a large portion of that.
This
 makes the planet’s overall temperature rise, and causes extreme weather events like drought to happen more often. More often than not, whenever the earth gets damaged, the deleterious effects are always irreversible.
Subsequently
, with the rise of the internet and social media, we spend too much time isolating ourselves and disconnecting from the real world in order to maintain the perception of being connected. Studies show that people would rather spend hours on social media websites than to join clubs and organisation to make real friends.
Technology
 was supposed to connect us, but we’re more disconnected than ever.
Last of
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Last, of
 course not least,
technology
 like Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reduced humans need to undertake mundane or laborious, yet machines do not have any emotions or moral values as human does. There is a real danger of AI increases unemployment if machines can do a job
more efficient
Suggestion
more efficiently
 and at less cost. Experts predicted that around 5
millions
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million
 jobs will be lost to AI over
next
 five years. Based on the evidence and
examples
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the examples
 I have presented, I am strongly inclined to conclude that
technology
 brings more harm than good.
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