El Ser Humano y los Recursos Naturales

Nos dividimos en grupos para hablar acerca de los Recursos Naturales. A mi grupo le fue asignado los Recursos Mineros y con la información obtenida creamos una infografía.

Exam Task: Essay

Social media has revolutionized the world, specially the humankind, there is no doubt that they have a strong influence on people’s lives. This impact has been developing good and bad consequences, which I will describe. 

Today, social network provide us the possibility to connect with each other regardless of the distance. Some applications, such as Whatsapp, Facetime, Snapchat and Skype enables us to send text messages instantly, share digital media and even video-call any contact we have while we are thousands of kilometers from one another. Other networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, are examples of those webs on wich anyone can share what they want and at the same time follow people who have their same likes. 

However, the presence of social networks have had more negative than positive impacts on our way of acting and thinking. It is making us lose the feeling of what it is to interact in the real life time. People are getting more and more isolated and focused on the screens trying to have a high reputation and influence on other internet users. This also makes them pretend to be someone who they are not just to be accepted. Surfing the internet also makes us lose time we could use to do home chores, schoolwork, or physical activity. 

In addition, it is much more easier to talk to someone when you are not in front of him/her because you are not as empathic as you would be if you actually were near. Because of this, messages are misunderstood and end in a fight since in the head of the other person they might have sound different. We are also more violent in a digital text than when we really speak, because we are writing in silence while we think. In a real discussion, you are unlikely to be able to speak and think at the same time. In extreme cases, it leads to cyberbullying, there are many persons that are judged and insulted in social networks because of their physical appearance, thoughts, likes, etc. by other people who they will probably never see in their lives.

To conclude, we should start, not modifying social media, but using it conscious of what it may produce on our everyday lives, our way of thinking and relating to others. It is necessary to avoid being slaves of the technology we create, if we depend on them then we are in problems.