Pros and Cons of Technology

In response to my post titled “The Wonders of Online Communication,”
Paul writes:

YOOOOOOO! we all love the internet and use it quite regularly. Today's chat weakens my artillary a bit, but my point is: We are in a class of about 20 people. Some young, some old. No one quite the same. A real "Breakfast Club" of a class... and we're sitting in a classroom with our backs to eachother! I understand blogging at home and kind of like it, but come on! It's turning into a wierd post-modern, dystopian freak show when TALKING becomes so impractical that we need to type on computer screens when there is a living, breathing person sitting next to us.

And Debarshi writes:

You're mom became a vegetarian from the PETA site? Wow. I've been trying to become vegetarian for years, but it really doesn't work for me. How did she get herself to stop eating meat altogether?

Anyway, technology has definitely advanced in the past couple of years. Having a computer was at one time considered a luxary, and now its become commonplace. In fact, having the Internet itself has become a necessity. The internet has given way to the age of blogging. It seems everyone is trying to get their ideas across through this method. Political people especially get their messages across by blogging. Technology has a lot of drawbacks. The fact that we are spending more time in front of screen, rather than being active. The fact that we are letting a computer correct our spelling and grammar. The fact that we are affected by radioactivity of cellphones. The fact that we are too lazy to take stairs so we use esclators or elevators. The fact that we use smileys to convey emotions. The fact that we are letting a machine calculate math equations for us. The fact that we are not physically talking to one another. The list goes on and on. For every pro that technology offers, there is definitely a con as well.

What say the rest of you?