Ek insaan jab akela hota hai woh tab hi insaan banta hai (an individual who is alone with himself becomes a human). We create technology, and then technology recreates us. The solution isn’t a blanket ban. The third is to work on the enhancement of communication in school, at home or office. Then came the printing press. There has been a sea change in how we communicate. The dehumanising of human society is imminent.

 So, what are we teaching the young?Nicole FariaWhen Bots took over Facebook recently.. Yes, AI and technology have aided leaps of progress, but on the flip side lies China Flame-retardant nonwoven fabric manufacturers an ugly and incomprehendable animal whose ability is dictated by swiping left or right, without parlay. We are always connected but never with any real connections.”Samita RathoreYoga guru Bharat Thakur is concerned about this use of technology. Technology is miraculous, but it makes our lives a hectic clockwork that ignores human biology. 

If you don’t feel at home in your body, you will never feel at home in the world.According to recent reports, young technologists are weaning themselves off their own products in Silicon Valley, and even ensuring their children are sent to elite schools where iPhones, iPads and laptops are banned. The larger disconnect is ensconcing itself into the fabric of society that dwells on likes and shares — where good ol’ hellos are defunct. We are far more interested in what is happening in cyberspace than right here, right now. It consists of 20 items that measures mild, moderate and severe level of Internet Addiction, and along with Facebook Intensity questionnaire is used to measure Facebook usage beyond simple measures of frequency and duration. I don’t think the rapid depersonalisation of human interaction today is something new.”Centers for Technology Addiction in India:Service for healthy use of technology clinic (SHUT) set up by National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in April 2004. Technology is a boon but anything in excess is harmful. If we can be mature about it, and remember that we have been given hands and legs to walk on earth, then it’s not as bad. 

Why convey something and later hide behind social media? I even think, it is not safe.Heart to heartGrounded in a self-belief of human interactions, Dr Shivarajkumar says, "As an actor, I am confident about interacting directly. But you and I did manage to find a balance. Billions of people who are not just unemployed, but unemployable.. A balance is essential. As an actor too, it is not necessary.

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