Technology has never been as powerful and influential as it is today. Most people are in a complex situation where they feel they cannot be present without the existence of technology.
How many of us have a co-worker or teenage child who seems on the verge of a nervous breakdown the moment they recognize that they need to spend time without their iPhone? Is this the case? Add in tablets and combine that with the Internet coverage we really enjoy and take advantage of 24/7/365, and you begin to see how vital technology is and why people are so dependent on it.
Technology makes us more productive:
Without fail, at some point, many people look at technology and have a negative perception of it. There are significant ways in which technology plays a negative role, but not always and everywhere. What we often don't talk about is how we can use technology as characters or individuals in the workplace.
The growing use of cloud storage software is perhaps the best example of mass, man-made productivity, mainly in terms of people who can work from home, or those who work in the active field or in businesses. Let's take the example of an employee who works in the field of selling to customers. Instead of flipping through a messy file, he or she can now access all of his or her business documents on a tablet or smartphone.
The critical point here is that workers will become more confident, sanctioned by the confidence they have in their technology. Whether they are tasked with saving high-value sales or sending basic follow-up emails, technology is enabling and making people more creative and productive.
Is technology making us unhappy?
Many studies have analyzed some of the psychological impacts of social media activities, such as not being friends with someone on Facebook or any other platform, or how people feel based on the number of likes they accept or other social shares.
However, this is related to the way people use social media and other technologies, as well as the fact that we now live in a society of instant gratification like never before. New technologies have immersed new generations and only elicit the expression of unhappiness when people think it has become the most vital part of their lives or the way people think about it.