Computer making us lazy ? !!!

United States
January 15, 2007 11:58pm CST
Nowadays just for a simple calculation also we use near by computer. i forgot when last i counted or multiplied some big numbers by using my memory. if we want to remember something for one day, we just open a notepad and write it down, so that, notepad will remind us for that, or we set mail alert to remind us on that topics. one day will come when we our next generation will not be knowing how to add to two numbers. they will fed the numbers into computer, computer will give them answer. What is your opinion on that ?
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@mcarps79 (1262)
• Uganda
16 Jan 07
it depends ...on ur utilization..i don't think computer makes person lazy....if u utilize ur PC always...
• United States
16 Jan 07
u may be correct, but the problem is the one of the main cause of this is we are not using computer properly. we may also need to learn how to beeter use computer and when to use and when not to .. isn't it ..?
@FreakQD (867)
• India
16 Jan 07
You are absoultely right friend. Computers have made every human lazy and nowadays computers have become our part of life. But computers have lots of advantages also. We can know everything happening around the world by the touch of finger. But we must limit ourself to the usage of computers. Rgith from cinema tickets to air tickets, we have started booking in computer and this had made everyone lacy!!! As you said, next generation would have a lesson to teach students to use computer for adding numbers rather than doing it manually!!!!
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• United States
19 Jan 07
i really afraid when i saw we are using comp just to add to numbers.
@babray06 (1787)
• India
17 Jan 07
Fortunately I belong to the generation of people who have seen it all. When I was well into my College days Computer started ruling the world. But the best part is that by then I have extensively used the normal ways to calculate sans Calculator, Computer. It is more like a habit, when you grow up with the habit the natural tendancy will be to protect the habit. So it is more like how one is growing up. I think parents can help the childrens to keep using their memory instead of asking for Computer or calculator or PDA or even Mobiles - lol, to do that. I was told by my teachers not to even use digital watches because that will make me lazy and take off the natural ability of calculating using brain. I followed that and it helped me.
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• Philippines
17 Jan 07
I depends upon a person who uses the computer. I guess, computer just extends our mind, in all aspects. It makes work easier for us, thats why people tend to feel that makes us lazier.
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• India
17 Jan 07
nowadays,using of computers is common.many people use computers for playing,chatting,try to earn money noline as they are lazy & couldn't go outside & work for 10hrs,but they sit on computers for a long time chatting,making money etc.i think the next generations become too lazy as u said they cannot count on their selves.the invention of these computers changed a lot of human mind.
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• Indonesia
17 Jan 07
If you are only a user of a computer then indeed that computer will makes you lazy. But if you are a programmer or designer, than computer will makes your mind to work harder.
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• Singapore
16 Jan 07
Never let a computer manupulates your life. You need to take charge!
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@tleena (71)
• Nepal
17 Jan 07
Of course, the computer makes lazy.Everything is done by computer so always people use for every purposes. Really fews later people will be individualizied.
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• Philippines
17 Jan 07
I dont think computer makes us lazy. It's not the computer that work for us. It's we who work on it. Why depend on the computer to remind you of something? It's you who makes yourself lazy on that process. Because people want instant things to happen for them. We depended on something unnaturally. But it depends on how addicted you are to computers.
@yrteja (651)
• India
17 Jan 07
no,i think it improves our concentration and capability.but it also makes us lazy and it may be dangerous.
• Philippines
17 Jan 07
No, i dont agree, computers are created to make our job easier. We do a lot of work everyday, we need to remember a lot of things, if theres no computer, who do you think would remind to do it or do that. Computer helps us alot, lazy people would hesitate to use computer; encode data, wait for pc to boot and so on.... coz they are lazy...
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@vyaasrad (565)
• India
17 Jan 07
you are absolutly right even i am lazy because of this
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@arvijhon (126)
• Philippines
17 Jan 07
you have your opinion and i respect that! but for me computers are not making us lazy instead it makes us make our jobs easier if there are no computers in this world how can we make things like this...talking of laziness it is on the person's personality if he's/she' lazy not!we must be thankful to computers but you must be responsible enough to use computer and how to deal with it...i hope you respect my opinion...
@pradesh13 (287)
• India
16 Jan 07
I fully agree with you. If we will take support of advanced machine for every simple thing then we will not allow our Brain to work , so its function would be suboptimal and the Brain cells would soon die permanently. Even in old days there are simple calculations available in mathematics. I think we should use of Brains otherwise it would be very difficult for the next generation.
• United States
16 Jan 07
no the question is computer makes us so lazy that where we could have use our brain, in those cases also you use computer... here computer means a small calculator. so everyday you are lossing your brain exercise ...
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
that is really true, with computers, and internet combined, everything is made really easy, that we can do anything even if we just remained in front of our PC.
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@hobohobo (678)
• Indonesia
16 Jan 07
I'am not agree with you because computer just a tool, if the simple counting we can use our brain, just not to depend on computer, or maybe we are to busy so we choose the easy way, but not of us doing that thing. As a student I prefer using my memory than using computer because, it will spend more time
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@flikkenni (537)
• Indonesia
16 Jan 07
I think not all we do in computer will make us lazy. You know, if you study or work as computer programming, computer engineer or others things that have connection with computer, computer will make you more diligent. For computer programmer, they have to work in computer, practice in computer. The more you practice in computer, you can be more clever and smart. Because you need to practice to be smart. So not all we do in computer make us lazy.
• United States
18 Jan 07
good point, i liked it
@theone3nu (598)
• India
16 Jan 07
it depends on us how we are using computers it makes boon and bane to us.
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• India
16 Jan 07
Yes you are absolutly right, computers making us lazy
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• India
21 Jan 07
computers help us in many ways like e-mailin,chattin,acounts.....they have made our life beter but they have a dis advantage and that is they make us do litle work.so i don't think yhey make us lazy