Some people believe that smartphones are destroying social interaction today. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is true that

people

spend a considerable amount of time with

smartphones

each day and it is likely that

this

figure is only going to keep increasing. While modern-day technology like

smartphones

and Internet has enormous benefits, they can have a lot of negative effects on us as well, and losing touch with real-world interactions is one of them. I agree that if we are not careful enough, it certainly can destroy our ability to interact with

people

and I will elucidate more on

this

in the following topics. With how modern-day cellphones keep getting better and have more utilities, our lives require less effort to commit certain tasks that were previously required by human actions and judgment.

For example

, artificial intelligence in modern-day devices can instantly reply back messages or emails and can interact with

people

using sentiments that are very close to how humans would interact.

Therefore

, it requires less action from humans to do these tasks and

as a result

,

people

emotionally engage with each other less and worsen their abilities to interact with real human beings.

Furthermore

, social networks are

also

one of the factors that lead to less human interaction despite it’s being a tool for

people

to communicate. In the social media realm, everything is dynamic and changes quickly which leads to

people

consuming a lot of content every day with less and less attention.

For instance

, there is research showing how engaging too much with social networks can lead to

people

, especially kids and young adults greatly losing the ability to focus and concentrate and

consequently

, affecting their ability to study, interact with

people

, and overall development. In conclusion, regardless of how many advantages

smartphones

can bring to humanity, we must use them with care and awareness. Using

smartphones

too much can lead to us losing touch with the real world and destroy human interactions which are really essential to human development.