Empathy is the propensity that enables people to understand each other’s perspective even though the outlook might be different from their own. For instance, to facilitate flexibility, anonymity, and accessibility, and communication from a distance need to be through social networking, text messaging and chat based applications.
Personal thoughts and attitude that are communicated by people to each other and the manner they are articulated is different when it comes to digital and face to face settings. The anonymity related with computer-based communication makes it possible for people to possess distinct identity and sometimes fleece behind a non-identifiable alias. The kind of the anonymity allows people to isolate themselves in personal identity. Besides, the anonymity helps people to free themselves from expressing their hostility and criticism thus causing no much effect.
Empathy is the most significant part for social and emotional development more so when it comes to promotion of products. For instance, one to be successful in product design, seamless experience need to be created for the users. That is, the plan should not allow the user to do more with thoughts and frustration. The delivery of seamless experience is made possible to the user through the creation of websites.
Consequently, technology contributes to the self-centeredness of people. The self-centeredness is evidenced whereby more than 90million pictures are uploaded to social media networks every day in the hope of either getting likes agonized with what caption to write. Human nature is self-centered and the technology makes the human self-centered to be noticeable. That is, many people crave to be liked and seen to be of a high level of the social statute.
In conclusion, the technology has promoted the development of the empathy and at the same time made people more self-centered.
