Modern Times: pros and cons of new technologies

Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film by Charlie Chaplin

In ''Modern Times'', Chaplin was a factory worker who employed on an assembly line. When the factory put in more and more modern technologies, Chaplin became only need to do one step over and over again in assembly line, the seat is fixed and he cannot run away from the assembly even the speed of the production line is not suitable for him. This made him became very depressed. 

Besides, he cannot smoke because of  he was under surveillance by the CCTV system. This reflected the fact that new technologies exploited his freedom and privacy. 

More over, the ''eating machine'' also made Chaplin controlled by the machine rather than himself. Finally, Chaplin suffered from mentally breakdown and needed to send to hospital. We can see that new technologies bring a terrible life to Chaplin.

Many people say that new technologies bring us convenience but extending the distance between people. Indeed, we barely cannot live without technologies, like using smart phone, wi-fi, USB. However, every time we enjoy the convenience from the technologies, we also put our privacy in to danger. Hence, although technology reduce the distance between two places, like we can use web cam or skype to chat with friends that live in oversea, it increase the distance between people in daily life. Since nowadays everyone use their digital devices to communicate with others instead of face to face communication.