Do Computers Make Life Easier or More Stressful

With the advent of technology and computers, our lives have totally changed. Today, we see computers being used in every sphere of life; be it, at offices to store massive data; be it, at colleges to help research works or by housewives to learn new recipes. Though admittedly, use of computers can also be done in negative ways, but I think there are more pros than cons, and computers have certainly made lives easier for everyone. With computers, access to information has become very easy. It is immensely helping financial institutions, Suggested change: police departmentspolice departments1police department and big businesses to store and use data for constructive purposes. In earlier days, all the business transactional data was Suggested change: in the form of filesin the form of files2in form of files and managing these files and searching for information was a cumbersome task. Computers have also helped students in a great way. Now, instead of going to teachers, they can browse for information online. They can find multiple research papers and Suggested change: discussion forums onlinediscussion forums online3discussion forum online. For instance, when I was Suggested change: studying for an MBAstudying for an MBA4studying for MBA, I finished my secondary research on the internet and read about 100 online books to complete my thesis. I could study at my own pace and in a comfortable home environment. Another area where computers have helped us is in the communication field. It enables us to keep in touch with our Suggested change: loved onesloved ones5loved once by means of internet chats, video calls like skype, VOIP, social networking sites and various applications. Though I agree, we can contact each other by phone also, but phone calls are quite expensive especially international calls, but now we can Suggested change: contact our familycontact our family6contact out family and friends; and often see them without spending Suggested change: extra moneyextra money7the extra penny. Emails have revolutionised the business communication world and aptly made them a formal mode of communication and documentation. But, Suggested change: in my viewin my view8in my views, the most significant Suggested change: use of computers has been seenuse of computers has been seen9use of computers have been applied in the field of scientific research like building satellites, thermal power plants and in Suggested change: defence operationsdefence operations10defence operation. We can now predict weather and natural calamities and hence take precautionary steps to save human lives. Computers have successfully forecasted cyclones like Katrina, Praline, Tsunami etc. and timely evacuation was made to save thousands of human lives. Similarly, computers also play vital roles in the Suggested change: military operations, wheremilitary operations, where11military operations; where most of the weapons are controlled by computers Suggested change: and hence helpand hence help12and hence helps in safeguarding the country. In a nutshell, computers have become a crucial part of our lives. It is rightly said that the world is constantly shrinking and everyone is getting close to each other by use of computers.