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Do you think that technological advancement has brought more harm than good? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

#advancement #harm #support
From my point of view, I believe that technology has done so much good for
people
 in every field.
On the contrary
, it has made it worse. There are numerous negative effects of technology related to mobile devices, automobiles, computers, and other gadgets. Mobile
phones
 are the greatest technological advancement that we see and use in our day-to-day lives. There are numerous benefits of mobile
phones
, like calling, e-mail, cameras, social
media
 apps, education, and many more. Despite so many benefits, mobiles have many negative effects as well. Many students tend to study using mobile applications, and they easily get distracted by social
media
 platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and many more.
As a result
, they end up wasting their whole time on social
media
. Another negative effect of mobile
phones
 is connecting
world
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the world
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 virtually;
on the contrary
, they create distance between real-world
people
.
People
 visit social
media
 platforms and make new friends there. They chat with them and talk to them online, but
on the other hand
, they forget that there is real life outside of
this
 four-bar screen.
For instance
, 10 years ago, before the era of mobile
phones
, my friend circle used to meet regularly. But now that we are just connected on mobile
phones
, we rarely meet
in
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for
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 6 months or sometimes after a year.
To conclude
 my point, advanced technology has made
more bad
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worse
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 in society
by
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worse by
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 segregating
people
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from
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in
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from
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 the physical world and allowing them to remain
touced
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touched
 with each other online in the name of friendship.
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  • Economic growth
  • Job automation
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Productivity
  • Job displacement
  • Unemployment
  • Diagnostic tools
  • Patient care
  • Privacy
  • Data security
  • Genetic modification
  • Renewable energy
  • Resource efficiency
  • Electronic waste
  • Carbon footprint
  • Pollution
  • Social media
  • Cyberbullying
  • Digital addiction
  • Digital divide
  • Misinformation
  • Democratized access
  • Face-to-face interactions
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