▶ Your Answer :
Certainly, a technology plays a significant
role in people’s lives in many of the places where they work or play. Some
people think that mobile phones have offered more freedom to people, while
others do not. Both sides have their own reasons to support their views. If I
were asked to choose one, I would agree that Cellphones have provided more
freedom to people. These are the reasons as follows.
To begin with, people have gotten more
freedom by diminishing work hours and efforts. Mobile phones are equipped with
many functions that help people work more accurately and efficiently. When
these functions are used well, people can spend more time on taking a break. According
to the research conducted at Harvard University, there were huge differences
between two groups of young adults. One group consisted of those who used functions
of mobile phones such as searching and message while they worked, and the other
group was made up of those who never used mobile phones at their work. The researchers
found that the former group finished their jobs earlier and had higher annual income
than the latter. It means that using mobile phones improve the work efficiency.
Without it, people would fall behind.
In addition, mobile phones have helped
people mingle well with others from different backgrounds. Using mobile phones
expose people to experience something that are different from what they would
do in their usual routine. Such exposures help people to acknowledge that
different values exist, to understand diversity and ultimately to be comfortable
with it. For example, when I was six years old, I saw one of my classmates from
Ethiopia eating his meals with his bare hands. I felt uncomfortable with it
because it was my first time seeing someone like that. I kept my distance from
him and made fun of him. However, after I used my cell phone’s SNS which helped
me to meet diverse people from other cultures, I got used to different
cultures. I realized that we had a lot in common in a way that we all cared
about our friends and family and got easily hurt by what others say. I no
longer feel awkward and can keep in touch with them.
All things considered, the advantages of
mobile phones far outweigh the disadvantages of that in terms of people’s
freedom, for the reasons I have mentioned above. All in all, the importance of
mobile phones could not be overestimated in people’s lives.
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