In the modern world, it is possible to shop, work and communicate with people via the internet and live without any face-to-face contact with others. Is it a positive or negative development in your opinion?

Quan điểm người viết: việc mua sắm, làm việc và giao tiếp với mọi người qua internet và sống mà không cần tiếp xúc trực tiếp với người khác là một xu hướng tiêu cực
Virtual communication has been rapidly replacing its face-to-face counterpart in several aspects of life. I am convinced that such a trend might have far-reaching negative impacts if people overuse the former and ignore the latter.
Firstly, the consequences in terms of reduced social connection are undeniable. No matter how comfortable and realistic online conversations are, direct day-to-day interactions, which allow for verbal communication cues and eye contact, are instrumental in building sustainable relationships between people. Without such direct interactions, people might become disconnected and isolated from their own community or workplace, thus suffering from declined social wellbeing. On a larger scale, the dominance of e-commerce would mean the disappearance of physical stores and local businesses, which serve as community spaces for people to interact, thus resulting in the loss of a community’s social fabric. This trend could prevent people from developing a sense of belonging to their community.
Secondly, people’s over-dependence on technology and its related problems are also major consequences of this trend. Since a switch to virtual platforms for most daily activities would cause people to be more vulnerable to technological disruptions including device breakdowns, internet outages, or cyber-attacks. These failures can disrupt their work, shopping, and communication, causing frustration and financial losses. Besides that, constant exposure to screens and digital information on a daily basis can lead to digital fatigue and cognitive overload. As a result, many young people spending the majority of their time on the internet tend to have short attention span, preventing them from concentrating on and performing well in their job and study.
In conclusion, in cases that virtual interactions completely substitute face-to-face ones, the undesired implications in terms hampered social relationships, over-reliance on technology, digital fatigue, and poor concentration would make this a largely negative tendency. It is feared by many that such immersion into the virtual world in many aspect of life would destroy the fabric of human society forever.
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