Nowadays the way people interact with each other has changed because of technology. In what ways have technology affected the types of relationships people make? Has this become a positive or negative development.

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Technological advancements have contributed to the manner and frequency of interaction between human beings. A lot of people think that
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has become a positive improvement and I agree with them.
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Firstly I
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will be talking about the positive ways technology have affected relationships between people, and
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of those includes the ease and speed of conveying messages. Information can be transferred from
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end of the earth to the other at the speed of light because of inventions
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as telephones, electronic mail and so on.
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, people don't have to be physically present with each other to interact, friends are made, relationships start and end over social media, a product of technology. Transportation issues due to bad weather, insufficient funds for travelling and accommodation
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will not pose a limitation to carrying out necessary activities that involve more than
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person anymore. There are video call apps that can be used to talk to your loved ones in far away places, news
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available on almost every social media platform present in the world at the moment and you don't have to waste valuable time at newspaper stands arguing with people like they used to do in the past. On the downside, some people believe that life was way better and interactions more original when people did it face to face. They are of the opinion that because of technology, real life human interaction has reduced drastically and people are better friends with their smart devices than they are with human beings like them. They
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believe that health wise, it is not advisable to
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over use
mechanical devices as rumours of them emitting harmful ultraviolet rays are all over the place. Personally,
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I see reason
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the negative sides, I remain of the opinion that nothing beats being able to conduct work meetings and business transactions across long distance without having to worry about
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the stress
of transportation, time waste, and the cost of moving from
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place to another.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • technology
  • interact
  • relationships
  • connectivity
  • communication
  • online
  • face-to-face
  • friendships
  • romantic relationships
  • family dynamics
  • positive
  • negative
  • development
  • effects
  • formation
  • ease
  • impacts
  • communities
  • connect
  • interaction
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