Poor Posture is Being Condoned

    An article by Ijeoma Anaka called "Technology, the Cause of Possible Mutilation and Murder of Small Talk" is about the lack of social skills and the increase of neck pain in recent generations. And while solutions have been offered most condone the destructive habit.

    Device usage has become a part of everyday life, thus introducing new problems to overcome. Devices have been invented to "combat" bad posture, but the devices make it easier to be more addicted to your device. The problem is lack of social skills and understanding yet it's being condoned. The neck strain has been normalized because entertainment and communication happen mostly through screens now. "From ergonomic keyboards and mice wrist rests and monitor stands, there is a burgeoning market for products designed to support healthy computing habits" (Anaka). While these products are made to help, they just encourage more screen time, for the sake of being more "productive" and while these things combat carpal tunnel and "tech neck" it doesn't help with the exhaustion or eyestrain caused by excessive screen time. Schools use them for education, that use is daily, so you're sat in desks hunched over a laptop or phone for hours for work then you go home and slouch on a couch or bed to use devices for entertainment 

    I don't believe people are aware how many devices they use and how long they use them. To combat the posture problem people, need to be made aware of the effects of long-term device use on the human body. Only then can we fight the normalized posture problem.   


Work Cited

Anaka, Ijeoma. “Technology, the Cause of Possible Mutilation and the Murder of Small Talk.” SnoQap, 8 May 2024, www.snoqap.com/posts/2024/5/8/technology-and-the-murder-of-small-talk. 

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