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Smartphone is A Human Weapon

Smartphone, a device that is considered as a replacement for your computer. Its one part of technology. According to Roger (1983),  technology is a design aids for measures that reduce the uncertainty in the causal link in achieving a desired result. Smartphone is technology which is simple, no hassle, and functions very much. Therefore, smartphone is the most sophisticated one. The aim of Smartphone used to only strengthen the hand signal the internet, but today almost all the capabilities of a computer can be done by smartphone, for example, game, image and video editing, office and others. It looks like telecommunications companies want to implement completely the term "computer in the palm of your hand". People are very busy talking about smartphones, comparing the technology, updates on smartphones or in Europe call gee. Creating smartphone into a discourse that is very warm. However, we also need to know, technology has not only brought positive impacts. The negative impact of smartphones also continue to occur in humans. Humans will carry over determination to destroy his own life technology. Perhaps the most prominent is the neglect around. Imagine, you are touring to an area, but during the trip only at the screen of a tablet or smartphone. Maybe for some people have not felt the impact of smartphone negates this. However, the smartphone has the capacity and the ability to ruin your life later on when you cannot control yourself. Everyday, almost no mobile phone features and new mobile phones was purchased by the people, although the difference is only a bit. This makes the indication that every day there is a new smartphone users.

            This is very good news for companies like Apple, Google, Samsung, HTC and other related companies. However, it may not be good for human as a whole or the personal user. There are negative impacts of smartphone. First, it can destroy friendships. Smartphone has the ability to connect you to the world via email, messaging, social media, and sites. However, it also can break your relationships with those around you. The term is often used ones are Phubbing (phone snubbing). This is a serious problem. For example, lovers who choose to spend their time staring at the screen smartphone rather than interact. Perhaps you feel this is trivial, but if happens continuously, your ability to communicate directly (face to face) will be reduced, not only to new people, but also will affect the people close around you. For suggestion, face to face communication is the most effective one. The second impact is Selfie. There is a side benefit of the "madness take a picture or record" smartphone users. Not infrequently, an amateur recording of smartphone users could be evidence of several cases such as bombings, murder, accidents and so forth. Unfortunately, the "madness" that capture sometimes excessive, to the point that you do not need any immortalized remain in the record or in photos, the share of social networking. Even worse, if there are events that the recorder should be able to help the victim, but he chose to record continuously. This is something that is very inhumane, but it does happen.  Then, the last impact, smartphone is a gadget that is extremely versatile, offering unlimited opportunities to spend your free time, productive or not. Actually this is an option, but choose it wisely. For example, playing Angry Bird better than reading a book? Do vent on Facebook or Twitter is better than dining in a unique place? It is the first choice of exciting but less productive. Actually it does not come from a smartphone, this begins when the rise of social networking.

Nowadays, using smartphone makes us easier to through social media. It encourages people to share anything and anytime. Perhaps people update everything which is not at all important to be known people. For example such as, photos, videos, texts, news and others to share in excess and the walls of their account. According to Tere Liye (2015), people who like to show off, certainly is not happy, because if he is happy, he does not need the pleasure of showing off his life in the real world. In fact, sometimes it occurred when people are sharing redundant received less attention either from the family or from the environment, so they want to get attention in cyberspace. As a result, they update status every 30 seconds or even less.

According to Plimbi.com suggestion, turn off all your devices and one with the nature in order to find a new sense of life. Technology continues to increase, but there is a danger for us by letting technology do everything for us. It may affect us forget how to perform the most basic tasks for ourselves. Smartphone can be used to calculate plan your journey, to fix typing errors, and waking in the morning. This is fundamental things that we can do alone, but with the indulgence given by your smartphone technology over time you forget how to do it.  There are suggestions for parents to provide smartphone for children. First, do not make the digital parents being advanced technology as a scourge. Before you buy the boy a Blackberry, for example, you should be familiar with what things can be done this powerful smartphone. Encourage the child to show you apps or games that he liked. Earlier, find out about apps that are popular so you can spark a discussion with him about what is good and not. Make this time as one of quality time with him. The online world is a playground. You also need to be part of a child's digital activities. If your child is active in social media, but you do not have a social media account, create one now, too. Second, select the appropriate needs, there are many choices of mobile phones. According to Nukman, children under the age of 13 years do not have to buy a smartphone, fairly low end phones that can only be for the SMS and telephone, or listen to songs only. Mobile internet data packets offered by mobile operators also are manifold, not only unlimited package. For children, you can choose saving package, for example, only gives access to chat rooms or social media only on their smartphones, without browsing features. The third, the time limits. Decide when and how long children can surf through its smartphones and gadgets. Remember, children still have many other activities besides surfing. However, also make sure you yourself are not too preoccupied with gadgets at home when you're with child.

The conclusion in this writing is thing you need to remember is technology an extension of the human hand. Technology is useful to help the human activities that are difficult for human to handle. For example, to speak with someone in long distance human cannot be empty handed then they need a communication tool. However, if your conversation partners are in a city, which is still easy to reach or why don’t you to meet face by face? Or maybe you want to translate a foreign language, with a smartphone app you can instantly translate it. Remember that, science, and technology weapons are created because humans are not able to do so. For example, the aircraft, tt is created because humans are not able to fly.  Car is created, because humans are not able to walk at the speed of the car. Telephone is created, because human is hard to communicate in long distance and so does technology. Therefore, use the technology wisely.

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