Recently when reports on the harmful effects of cellular phone radiation were flashed across the pages of newspapers, and hogged TV headlines, many a whine and whisper must have rattled your eardrums – the owners of the device complaining incessantly. The poor cell-phone!
The cell-phone, or for that matter any technological device that no doubt makes life easier - if used judiciously, no matter how extraordinary an invention it is, is after all a mere tool in human hands. Then, why blame it! Why pour such scorn on it!
Technology is what we make of it and how we use it. If we lack the self-discipline to handle it in a careful and controlled manner, why blame science and technology. Rather, we should feel lucky that we humans are armed with a well-evolved brain that is incredibly powerful, and enables us to explore, experiment and experience. Not only that, our brain allows us to store the knowledge that we earn in that process - to recall and re-use that knowledge as and when we wish to and need to. Isn’t that amazing? Apparently no other species enjoys that advantage. The human brain/mind itself is the most amazing camera and the most efficient recorder.
So how can we avoid radiation? How can we keep it from affecting our health? Almost every wired/wireless, electrical, electronic device/appliance emits radiation. Changes in our lifestyle and behaviour owing to our ever-increasing dependence on technology have reached a point of no return. Therefore, we simply cannot throw away the cell-phone because it emits harmful radiation. Prudent avoidance is the best possible way to protect ourselves. Let's not become a slave of technology, let technology remain a tool in our hands!
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