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Apart from these, technology boom may also have greater impact on users and create isolation, especially when people develop the addiction to watch television and engage themselves with virtual experiences. Monbiot (2014) states that TV is a cause of loneliness because it makes people want to isolate themselves to television and this promotes individualism. Furthermore, people detached themselves into virtual reality environments in the hope to discover new experiences which may have neurological consequences. There are potential risks associated to it such as virtual reality sickness (Stein 2016) and existential hangover (Searles 2016) which may require them to seek medical attention and if the person is alone, this may possibly lead to other serious side effects.
While much of what the author had presented may be categorized as pull-factors because they attract people to individualism, there are also other push-factors that may force people to live an individualistic life such as those created by family negligence. Suster (2015) states that loneliness can be caused by certain parental abandonment during childhood years that can lead to depression, resulting in deaths. He gave examples of two very skilled musicians namely Amy Winehouse and Kurt Kobain, who took their own lives at the age of 27 as a result of depression and loneliness. This demonstrates the importance of parental love to embrace and encourage societal engagement.
It can therefore be concluded that people and societies depend on each other for human race to live happily. If humans are driven by their desires for recognition, wealth, new experiences or for their academic integrity, they should also learn to appreciate and maintain the values and morals that will bind and keep them intact for a prosperous living by interacting with their societies. In addition, parents are responsible to provide tender care and love to their children and ensure they grow up in a conducive environment that will refrain them from loneliness leading to depression.