Voting Technology - Political Responsiveness

Question: Discuss about the Voting Technology, Political Responsiveness. Answer: Introduction: Technology is such a modern term in todays world that nobody is unaware of it rather everybody is getting dependant on it and now the dependency has become an obsession to the people. Because without technology, sustaining in this world is the toughest. Technology has resulted in voracious industrialisation which thereby has resulted in modernisation or sometimes perhaps it would be better if the term ultra-modernisation. Our daily life encompasses various sites of technology because we use smartphones, smartwatches, smart T.V., cars with GPS system and so on. These has made our life so easy that hardly we indulge ourselves into activities that is time consuming, a little laborious and patient. Starting from children to adults, everyone prefers to be indoors and shop online even they do play games in computers or in mobiles but they have no time to go outside to have a walk in the morning fresh air. All these have made the minds of the people crippled and confined. This is dangerous for they have somehow made their minds paralytic in nature, neither could they think broad nor could they tolerate someones broadness, they remain prisoned in their small world of rushes, depressions, anxiety and hopelessness. They have forgotten to be friendly, to make themselves happy and to be healthy. Children are losing their childhood instead they are given gifts of technology from a little age so that they remain busy with that, thus they have no idea what a library is or what a story book is but they have huge knowledge about mobile phones, gadgets, cars and so on. (Finkelman, 2015) Technology is meant to support humans life to create good for them and to the nature but it is resulting otherwise. Definitely it has done a lot of good things to flourish industrialisation and to comfort the mans life but it has adversely affected both the environment and its living beings for some has already become extinct, some are in the verge of getting extinct, some are endangered and those who are living without any special tag, they themselves know the world they are thriving in. (Fujiwara,2015) How technology has affected us cannot be illustrated in some words, so in this essay I am going to focus on a particular aspect over which the effects of rapid industrialisation and technology has caused an unfortunate situation. Health is such an aspect over which the technology has resulted in a wider extent of both positive and negative outcomes. According to WHO- HEALTH is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of any diseases or infirmity. But this is a little absurd as a person cannot be healthy in all of these aspects. There has to be some troubles or sorts of conflicts in his life and he has to live with that. Today there is no peace in our mind, we all are running for our career, jobs, study etc. even if there is no physical and social illness, there exists mental agony in todays generation. But there are many approaches of technology that had soothed out our hassles contained life.( Blais, 2015) Nowadays hospitals and well care centres are equipped with inventive technologies that are resulting in excellence and wellness of humans. For the treatments which were once regarded as incurable are now totally curable under modern medications and care. Now the nurses and doctors can monitor the patients tension free because all the physical records of them would be forecasted on the computers that are attached or connected with them (Finkelman, 2015) . All the systems in the reputed hospitals are now digitalised which has resulted in development of health world. Patients suffering from diabetes can now check their blood sugar with the help of instruments by sitting in home only. Previously sphygmomanometer was used to measure blood pressure manually but with the grace of technology this system has also become digitalised. Those who have hearing problems can hear with the help of hearing aids which looks like a blue tooth device attached to the ears. Smartphones can now detect the c alorie count of a person and can also plan a diet chart for an individual as well as it keeps the record of an individual for a whole day so that the person can assess how much calorie he has burnt. Those who are suffering from mental sclerosis takes help from the assistive technologist to guide them with modern innovations that can make their life better in all aspects and will make them independent. Even now, heart transplant is also possible which perhaps was unimaginable a few years before also. With all these good, there exists bad too for too much dependency has made us inactive in nature. For we have got no headache to remember things as all works of the offices, schools are now done on computers but sitting for long in front of computers are resulting in cervical spondylosis, back and waist pain, migraine, eye problems even obesity as constant eye on computer reduces movement of arms, and glucose regulation is also hampered, too much use of mobile phones and its harmful radiation are snatching away the life spans of the individuals and resulting in various brain diseases even the Wi-Fi radiation reduces sperm counts and can cause breathing problems. (Hsiao et al 2015) Development of technology cannot be stopped nor can its effects come at full stops but it is on us how we can regulate the extent of technology. We will definitely use these but at the same time it is our responsibility to take care of ourselves so that we doesnt meet any ill fate suddenly. It is our duty to provide a beautiful and healthy environment to our future generation. If we dont remain in good condition how can we provide the same to our future generation? References Hsiao, C. J., King, J., Hing, E., Simon, A. E. (2015). The role of health information technology in care coordination in the United States.Medical care,53(2), 184-190. Finkelman, A. (2015).Leadership and management for nurses: Core competencies for quality care. Pearson. Blais, K. (2015).Professional nursing practice: Concepts and perspectives. Pearson. Wartella, E., Rideout, V., Montague, H., Beaudoin-Ryan, L., Lauricella, A. (2016). 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