Computers Can Conquer Our Lives

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In all mechanized society, there has been much discussion about dependence on

computers. People debate about whether it is possible to live swimmingly without computers.

Some people say that it is possible to get along without computers, because computers are

only tools. However, if computers don’t exist, most people feel uncomfortable and even the

whole world can’t work properly due to a collapse of network system. In fact, we are overly

dependent on computers.

Firstly, at the personal level, we tend to use computers in most activities which can be

carried out offline. We study, bank, buy something through computers. Moreover, even

though face-to-face communication is preferable to online communication, we tend to keep in

touch with friends via computers because it is convenient. Like this, we want to do any work

through the computer simply because of rapidity and convenience. If computers don’t exist,

we become anxious and experience considerable discomfort.

Secondly, at the social level, our society is overly immersed in the study of the

computer technology and invests a lot of money every year. Korea invested more than 4

trillion won in developing computer technology, even though computers already mechanized

and automatized the tasks which we need. And even, all countries of the world compete with

each other to construct better computer technology. For example, Korea is trying to make the

better artificial intelligence computer than the computer U.S.A. developed. Like this, the

society is excessively dying to get better computer technology.

Some people claim that dependence on computers has not increased, but only the

application range of computers has become wider as technology has developed. However,

this is a short-sighted way of thinking. In a broad point of view, dependence on computers

has increased since computers developed. In fact, the original object of computers was only

calculation, and the word ‘computer’ comes from the Latin ‘computare’ meaning calculation.

However, the use of computers nowadays isn’t limited to calculation, but expands to our

daily life and professional industry. Thus, compared to the early development of computers,

dependence on computers has dramatically increased.

We rely on computers excessively. It is not too much to say that our lives are

‘Computer Lives’. We tend to use computers in every field, and society clings to the

development of computers overly. Therefore, we have to reduce the dependence on

computers.