‘’Our social tools are not an
improvement to modern society; they are a challenge to it.’’ Clay Shirky.
The writer thinks that the
interest we have towards social tools such as smart phones, laptops etc. is not
a reliable criterion for the idea of constructing a modern society. Moreover,
she asserts that using social tools are a challenge to improve modern society.
I agree with the writer because in my opinion, social tools have more
disadvantages than advantages. The first one is people’s extreme interest on
constantly renewing technology. They spend effort to catch up with it by trying
to have the latest social tools. This gives them nothing but unhappiness. Second,
the communication between people is decreased and restricted as a consequence
of using those tools. People prefer to type rather than speak face to face even
if they are in the same place. Thus, people start losing their ability to
express themselves in an effective way. Third, information pollution has showed
up because of the excessive use of social media. Each person, no matter how
much he knows about an issue can write on it on the Internet. People can easily
reach these written on the Internet. However, due to unrestrained use and
abundance of information, people have difficulty in discerning what is right or
wrong. On the whole, since people face more negative sides of social media
tools than positive ones, I totally agree with the writer.
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