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Does Technology Make Us Lonelier? The emergence of various technologies has undoubtedly revolutionized how people travel and communicate. Instead of relying on the archaic methods that took hours to deliver a message or days to move an individual from one place to another, current developments have made the world a global village by removing barriers of distance. However, as much as these technologies have made messaging and traveling instantaneous, they have also contributed to the isolation that most people experience. Although some of the disadvantages of these technologies are tearing people apart, their use has eliminated major issues such as distance and time, thus bringing people together in ways that were previously impossible. Due to the advancement of technology, traveling from one location to the other has become faster, thus allowing people to reconnect with relatives, friends, and family who dwell in different parts of the continent. In the past century, ships served as the medium of transport for travelling to distant places, which would take three months or longer in the sea to reach the destination (Mok et al. 2749). Railway steam locomotives were equally slow, where people had to go on for hours together before being able to reach their destination and relocate. However, after many years of human ingenuity and innovation, machines like planes, electric trains, and cars were invented, enabling people to do in a few hours what took days (Mok et al. 2747). Moreover, with the invention of the Internet, travel has become less tedious, since one can quickly make arrangements such as purchase tickets, make arrangements for transportation of luggage, facilitate airport transfers and even predict weather patterns that might affect the journey. Technology has significantly eased the process of traveling, thus facilitating more face to face interaction. The increased frequency of personal contact has improved the intimacy of most relationships, thus bringing people together. Furthermore, advancement in technology has paved the way for emergence and development of the Internet and social media, an invention that has eliminated distance as a barrier to communication. Unlike in the past where people had to rely on posted letters that would take months to arrive or telephones that came with limitations in terms of cost, network, and locations, the existence of the Internet brought with it the email that can be used to send data from one corner of the world to the other within minutes. In addition, with the advent of social media, people can now connect with others with a few clicks of a button, and through wall posts and statuses, friends can keep abreast of the events in each of their lives (Baruah 2). The platform also enables one to make new friends by matching their interests. It has improved the connectivity with people in general. The Internet and social media have forever altered the manner in which people communicate. Irrespective of the above advantages, there are several aspects of technology that have served to alienate people from each other. For instance, with the creation of planes, trains, and cars, family members have dispersed to different parts of the world due to phenomena like globalization (Mok et al. 2749). Relatives are settling countries away from each other, and although there are numerous convenient methods of travel, reunions are a reserve of holidays and special events. Similarly, the Internet and social media have diminished the amount of face to face interaction among many people, especially the youth, as the preference for virtual communication is slowly surpassing one on one meetings. The advancement has also made children aloof of the tender joys of childhood, since most children these days are seen spending time with their gadgets rather than playing outside or making friends. With each passing day its feasibility and accuracy is leading people to rely on the internet blindly. These aspects have made technology keep people together. However, the good that has been derived from these technologies supersede their adverse effects since they can easily be regulated. If some of these developments never occurred, society would be far more demarcated than it is in the present. Therefore, technology has united people far more than it has separated them. Works Cited Baruah, Trisha D. "Effectiveness of Social Media as a Tool of Communication and its Potential for Technology-Enabled Connections: A Micro-Level Study." International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, vol. 2, no. 5, May 2012, pp. 1-10. Accessed 19 Mar. 2018. Mok, Diana, et al. "Does Distance Matter in the Age of the Internet?" Urban Studies, vol. 47, no. 13, 2010, pp. 2747-2783.