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While the USA would like to have a unipolar world, and bi-polar Asia, China wants to have a Bi-polar world and Uni-polar Asia. India would soon be the third most powerful world power and would prefer a multipolar world.
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Defining DA. Digital addiction can be defined as excessive, obsessive and compulsive use of digital technology. There is a thin line between the need to use a device and the compulsion to use the same. DA is becoming a common phenomenon mainly impacting adolescents and adults and is more common in singles.
Emotional Symptoms. The emotional symptoms could include following:
Anxiety
Loneliness
Stress
Depression
Loss of sense of time
Isolation
Agitation
Lack of concentration
Physical Effects. Physical affects could be as follows:
Backache
Headache
Weight loss / gain
Strained vision
Insomnia
Threats. DA threatens to subvert ones attention from essentials and has potential of negative impact on the general wellbeing. It starts hampering normal life, cutting off people from physical society and relationships.
Remedial measures. Some of the remedial measures are as follows:
Restricting use of smart phones and internet.
Laying down timings.
Removal of unnecessary apps.
Turning off notifications and alerts.
De-addiction. National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences has started a clinic (Service for Healthy use of Technology) for internet de-addiction.
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We are in the Digital age where information is readily available on our electronic devices. The pandemic has further increased our screen time.
The digital connectivity has been a savior in many ways. It has helped everyone to stay connected with their near and dear ones providing much needed morale support to each other. Biggest advantage has been online work, transactions and supply chain.
At the same time It is bringing a drastic change in our day to day activities and social behavior.
Starting a new series on the issues related to digital addiction. This will be covered in several parts as follows:
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