Topic > The Pros and Cons of Technology - 961

Almost everyone in the world has used it. Even children are exposed to technology. Fundamentally, technology is part of our daily lives and our workplace. Computers and other gadgets have made human life easier. Even though technology has brought us many benefits, it could also bring problems as technology has surrounded our environment in the long run creating technostress. Today, with the rapid development of technology, modern offices are trying to catch up with current technology. Therefore, modern offices are now equipped with computers that make employees work by simply staring at the computer. Workers overexposed to technology could lead to technostress (Wang et al. 2008). Although technostress was first discovered in the 1980s (Brod 1984), researchers have not yet fully understood the symptoms that technostress might lead to (Tarafdar et al. 2005). Technostress was first discovered by Brod in 1980 (1984) and he described technostress as a modern disease of man trying to deal with modern technology in a healthy way. As everyone knows, technology can bring benefits but also negative impacts on us. For example, today's children are exposed to technologies such as iPads, smartphones, etc. Children will then know everything about the outside world where they shouldn't know yet. Furthermore, using them almost every day, most children today use glasses as they are yet to learn how staring at a gadget can improve our vision.