Around the world, it is likely that more adults will work from home and more children will study from home as computer technology becomes cheaper and more accessible. Do you think it is a negative or a positive development?

Recently information technologies became less expensive and available for people throughout the world. Thus, it is probable that more grownups will work remotely from a house as well as more children will have home education. In my opinion, this trend has negative as well as positive consequences. Firstly, I think that computer-aided learning is more harmful than beneficial because I believe that engaging with a teacher and classmates is crucial for the child’s development. Modern youngsters spend too much time surfing the internet or communicating on social networks. As a result, they have lack of concentration. Thus conventional class is engaging interactions with human beings and gaining an important social skill of building strong relationships with classmates, while machine education is contributing to child’s isolation and the time spent by a child out of real-life increases. However, the opportunity to work remotely from an office is beneficial for an employee as well as an employer. Using computer-based communication tools adults can discuss all issues with clients from home and as most jobs involve a computer it is feasible to complete a project from any part of the world even being on a vacation in some remote country. Thus, it saves traveling time from home to a job, expenses of employers for electricity, water supply, and other maintenance costs for an office. For instance, the author of the book “4 hours working week” claims that it is cheaper to recruit freelance workers somewhere in India than employing someone for a full-time job. It is more effective and less time-consuming. In conclusion, worldwide computer spreading has both negative and positive effects. I think, for the older generation, it is beneficial in terms of saving money and time for work. While for the youth it would be better off without machine education because they need to be physically engaged in the education process.