Some people think that in the modern world we are more dependent on each other, while others think that people have become more independent. Discuss both views and give your own opinion

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We, as a human, are considered as a social animal, the animal
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bounded by the norms of the society. The general tendency of a human is to be co-dependent on others for some of their work. No human is fully self-independent. With the advent of the modern era and the advances that it made in the past few decades,
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have argued whether we have become more dependent than the previous era. On the one hand, the technological progress that we made, has made us more independent. In
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age of digitization, every person in
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world has advanced gadgets and the
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, from which they he\she can communicate with anyone they want from across the globe. We have made significant devices and gizmos to ease our life to the fullest.
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, the home automation system has helped us to control all the functions of a house remotely using the
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.
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has enabled us to perform almost all household chores with the tip of a hand.
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,
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has made us independent from relying on other
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.
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, the same technological progress has made us cripled of doing basic tasks of daily life. As we get all the necessary items with a touch on a screen, we have been habituated with all the pampering the technology has provided us with. In situations
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as the stranded position we feel when the
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network is down, the havoc breaks upon us. As we have been habituated with the
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doing most of the itineraries in our life, we feel helpless when we fall into
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situations.
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,
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has made us more dependent on technology and other
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who can perform
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tasks. To conclude, I feel that we have become less dependent on
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for day-to-day tasks, but we have become more dependent on the
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and other technological advances human-made. So, I would not disagree with the notion of
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people
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that we have become independent as we aren't. We certainly have become more independent from depending on other folks than in the previous era.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • interdependence
  • globalization
  • technological advancements
  • collective action
  • digital evolution
  • minimal reliance
  • direct interaction
  • empowered
  • access to technology
  • societal expectations
  • personal choice
  • leverage
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