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In the modern world, it is possible to shop, work, and communicate with people with the internet without any face to face contact with others. To what extent is this a positive or negative development?

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The advancement in the technology has allowed the people to do the shopping, completing job assignments, and interactions with family and friends by sitting at home with the use of internet applications
such
 as Facebook, WhatsApp and Amazon. There are both favourable and unfavourable effects of
this
 advancement,
however in
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however, in
 my view, it has really helped the community to progress in a positive way.
To begin
 with, in the growing world of globalization and materialism, the internet has eased the lives in many ways.
For example
, the people do not have to travel across the city to do shopping or meet their friends. They can simply order food items, grocery products, furniture or clothing with cash on delivery options and
thus
, saving time out of their hectic work schedule.
This
 has
further
 helped in reducing the traffic congestion on the roads and the emissions of carbon footprints.
Moreover
, they can readily video call their parents, family and friends residing in any part of the world and keep their family bond strong in the busy life.
Furthermore
, the work from home option has helped the employees to find time to manage their household chores and share their responsibilities. Contrarily, the face to face social meetings are considered superior to the virtual chats because emotions, feelings and human touch are more expressive in the physical interactions.
Secondly
, the job productivity will be more at the workplace by working along with the other staff members.
Thirdly
, the actual size, shape and quality of products can be more elaborately accessed by doing shopping at the stores. To recapitulate, I opine that regardless of few negative effects, the online shopping, work from home options, and virtual communication has really eased the human life and helped in finding the more leisure time for their families.
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