Are we becoming slaves of Technology?

Technology has provided us countless advances in many fields especially in communication; however, our world became online, our connections became digital and our friends became virtual. Thus, among the theories that attempt to explain the paradox of progress, spending more time with technology and less time with one another is the most significant one (Sherry Turkle). In fact, “most people now check their smartphones 150 times per day” (Ms. Colier). We became obsessed with online chatting, posting pictures and being constantly active and up to date… We are bombarded with notifications, likes, comments and chats that we forget real-life connections and spend less and less time with our families, our “real friends”, our surroundings… What nurture and give us potential is our real-life connections and experiences. Hence, in a face-to-face conversation, we involve our emotions, our personality and all our presence; we are not hiding behind a screen. Furthermore, people nowadays suffer from intimacy deficit. The fact that people post on social media every detail about their lives is extremely dangerous: engagements, photos, “checks-in”, even food they are eating… Finally, “we are the children of technology” and getting rid of it is quite difficult because it is undeniable that technology has impressive benefits, so prioritizing real connections and relationships and managing our time help us maintain a happy and healthy life and satisfying all our psychological needs.