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Technology Blessing or Curse?

September 6, 2010

A driver loses control of his car and hits a utility pole, seriously injuring a passenger. Immediately, he uses his cell phone to call for a help. But why did he lose control? He momentarily took his eyes off the road to answer his phone.
 As this example, the product of modern technology can be either a blessing or a curse-the choice depends on us. Few people, though, would refer, would go back to the comparatively crude products of yesteryear. Computers, for example, spare us tedious tasks, enable us to buy and bank conveniently online, and help us keep in touch with others by e-mail, voice mail, or video link.

Not to long ago, family members would go their various ways in the morning and not speak to one another again until evening. But now, “70% of couples in which both partners have cell phones contact each other daily just to say hello, 64% contact their children daily using a cell phone, “says a report in USA Today.

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