In modern society, it is possible to go shopping, work and accommodate via the internet without face to face contact with one another. To what extent do you think this is a positive or negative development?

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Nowadays,
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where we live
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the same as it was fifty years ago. A big amount of
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tasks
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been modernized,
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as work, shopping and even accommodation. Many
people
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believe that it made our life much
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easier, but I believe that there is
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are negative aspects of it that we should be taking into consideration.
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, if comparing modern and
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it
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very obvious that now
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became
more lazy
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and less social they are scared of talking to
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,
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some
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would prefer shopping via
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internet
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the internet
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and pay more money than
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to nearby physical stores and
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and pay less for the same goods.
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,
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shopping
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opportunity
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for criminals to scam
people
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by selling them something through sites they have developed and buyers who paid money won't even get what
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had bought. Talking about the positive aspect there is a lot of them but the most important
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is saving a lot of time, the obvious aspect of it and other I would like to emphasize
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how it helped when the
COD-19
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COVID-19
virus was taking
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world. Without
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the internet
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internet
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we couldn't buy what we need and work without letting the virus spread worse than it was. In my own
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I still believe that
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shopping is negative development as it makes society less communicative with each that
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leads to misunderstanding, laziness and degradation of humanity.
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