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As technology develops, more shopping and business is done through the internet while communication face to face becomes less frequent. Is this a positive or a negative development?

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Nowadays, some people choose to go shopping and do
business
 online, which has led to less face-to-face communication in their
life
. Some have taken
this
 trend as an unfavourable development, while
others
 disagree.
This
 essay will explore both its positive and negative effects. Some hold that online shopping and
business
, promoted by technology, have brought much convenience and simplicity.
First
, with computers and mobile phones wildly used today, we can easily find what we need on the
Internet
. But if we go to shops for clothes, we would probably meet many troubles,
such
 as wasting time travelling on the road, trying on quite a few pieces of clothes, and possibly queuing up in a long line of consumers. In addition3 online
business
,
such
 as video conference3 can save businesspersons' time.
Then
, those working in international companies do not need to travel for meetings.
However
, fewer opportunities to see
others
, resulted in
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the increasing use of the
Internet
, might bring a consequence where individuals cannot effectively communicate with
others
 in their
life
. If they rely on the
Internet
 for almost everything, either shopping or
business
, perhaps they will sit all day before the computer without having to talk at all. Once before another person in their
life
, it is likely that they would not know how to express themselves and respond to
others
. In my opinion, the advantages of online shopping and
business
 outweigh their disadvantages. For it is the netizens,
instead
 of the
Internet
 itself, that has brought inconvenience to their own
life
. To eliminate the negative effects of the
Internet
, they have to raise their ability
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 self-control.
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