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Use of electronic and/or electrical products de-skills us and gives us information overload
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use of electronic appliances or technologies renders individuals more exposed to the bombardments of information through new channels, e.g. SMS, email use of electronic products and new technologies creates "data smog" with electronic products, men no longer need to practice and train themselves to be skillful, as they don't need to perform those manual tasks anymore	use of electronic products in fact helps us overcome the problem of information overload resulting from our inability in accessing hence verifying information

use of electronic appliances or technologies renders individuals more exposed to the bombardments of information through new channels, e.g. SMS, email
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	although these new products and technologies are causing the information overload, they can also offer ways to combat it

although these new products and technologies are causing the information overload, they can also offer ways to combat it
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information "filters" can be instituted to cope with huge volumes of data by screening out less-than-critical information, e.g. email filters

information "filters" can be instituted to cope with huge volumes of data by screening out less-than-critical information, e.g. email filters
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there is also a advantage that computing processing is so rapid that it can solve the numerical problem in more accurate and faster way than human computation

use of electronic products in fact helps us overcome the problem of information overload resulting from our inability in accessing hence verifying information
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the popularization of electronic technologies enhances freedom of speech which is the most effective weapon against distorted, false information	there is no guarantee of the quality of information on the internet increasing ease of accessing to a wider range of information means increasing vulnerability of individuals to information overload

increasing ease of accessing to a wider range of information means increasing vulnerability of individuals to information overload
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with huge amounts of information, individuals may feel they will miss something if they do not review all available data before making a decision

the popularization of electronic technologies enhances freedom of speech which is the most effective weapon against distorted, false information
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the use of internet facilitates debate and discussion among people of different cultural background, which helps bring about authentic information

the use of internet facilitates debate and discussion among people of different cultural background, which helps bring about authentic information
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internet facilitates the transfer as well as exchange of information around the world, which was unimaginable in the past internet has created public forums in the virtual reality for people to freely express and exchange their ideas and information

internet has created public forums in the virtual reality for people to freely express and exchange their ideas and information
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But: the platforms created only help in free expression but not addressing the ethical direction of each ideas

But: the platforms created only help in free expression but not addressing the ethical direction of each ideas
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beacuse: the method of usage is unknown, it would not be able to provide useful information but confuses us.

beacuse: the method of usage is unknown, it would not be able to provide useful information but confuses us.
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the platforms created only help in free expression but not addressing the ethical direction of each ideas

the platforms created only help in free expression but not addressing the ethical direction of each ideas
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the platforms created only help in free expression but not addressing the ethical direction of each ideas

use of electronic products and new technologies creates "data smog"
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use of electronic products and new technologies leads to an explosion in often irrelevant, unclear and inaccurate data fragments

use of electronic products and new technologies leads to an explosion in often irrelevant, unclear and inaccurate data fragments
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new technologies have reduced the natural selection processes which would otherwise have kept all but the most important information from being published

new technologies have reduced the natural selection processes which would otherwise have kept all but the most important information from being published
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electronic products and technologies make it possible for information to generate and spread in an unprecedented pace and scale	as sites are free, natural selection favours those that publish reliable high-quality information

electronic products and technologies make it possible for information to generate and spread in an unprecedented pace and scale
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	these pace and scale are necessary for us to keep up with the fast changing reality in modern world

with electronic products, men no longer need to practice and train themselves to be skillful, as they don't need to perform those manual tasks anymore
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	use of electronic products doesn't deskill us, it replaces the outdated skills manual work required with new ones: the skills of using and making these products

use of electronic products doesn't deskill us, it replaces the outdated skills manual work required with new ones: the skills of using and making these products
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to leave behind manual skills and move on to using electronic products is a progression, not a loss to us, it means that those skills are no longer necessary