Today I read an article called we have lost our humanity, in this article; the author who is a doctor in New York has claimed that the effects of greed and technology on modern medicine has made people dehumanized. He talks about how a human being reaches the end of his or her life, but the family, or the nursing home, doesn't want the person to die there, so they ship the poor soul to the hospital. Whats more, the specialist in turn orders all sorts of expensive tests, procedures, maybe even surgery. All of which gets billed to Medicaid. In fact, this money could be better spent on lives that could be saved. Another article talked about how the Internet has made people lose their humanities. There is always some video going around whose calculated effect is nothing more or less than humiliation on a global scale. Technology, it seems, has unleashed ugliness in us. He also talks about nowadays, people could go through Facebook, iPad, automated teller, self-serve, smartphone, e-mail for entire day without the bother of having to interact with each other.
With the development of the advanced technology, people, especially the teenagers have made full use of it and are enjoying the fast pace, giant information. But at the mean time, the concern which the author has put forward is seriously a issue right now. People are getting into the technology too much to forget how to actually communicate with others face to face. Back to the old days, people write letters to each other with their personal handwriting and their special greeting; however, few people are using letters when e-mail started getting popular. So it is a drawback for technology and we should think about how human beings should use the technology more correctly.
I kind of disagree with the author. Back in the old days, it was much harder to contact people. You would lose track of people for months without knowing what they are doing. Nowadays, people maintain way more friendships and relationships through technology and I don't think that is a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteI think it's kinda true that social media makes relationships a lot less personal now. People have "online relationships" and whatnot. But then again, it is also a lot easier to keep in touch with people with all the portals of communications that we have today.
ReplyDeleteI have watched a movie called "Clicks".The man charactor in this movie is a greedy man who pursues fame and benefits all the day.However,till the end of his life,he finally got the understanding that there were a lot of precious things to pursue other than fame and benefits.
ReplyDeleteI dont really like the authors opinion. I personally feel like until you are not alive you should have the best treatment and best care just like everyone else in the world.
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