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Era Digital yang Adiktif: Sisi Gelap Teknologi dan Solusinya (my work from an essay competition, not translated)

     Kemajuan teknologi tidak dapat dipungkiri membawa banyak dampak positif bagi peradaban dan masyarakat, namun seperti halnya pisau bermata dua teknologi juga membawa dampak negatif; sisi gelap yang adiktif namun jarang diperhatikan dan bahkan dinormalisasi oleh kebanyakan orang.           Tetapi pertama-tama penting bagi kita untuk mengetahui bagaimana cara otak manusia bekerja agar mampu memahami dapat betapa adiktifnya teknologi itu. Terdapat empat hormon di dalam otak yang mempengaruhi kebahagian; (1) endorphin, (2) oxytocin, (3) serotonin, dan (4) dopamine. (1) ‘Kebahagian’ yang berasal dari endorphin terpicu oleh luka fisik, yang mana berfungsi mengurangi sakit yang dirasa; dan membuat manusia mampu menyelamatkan diri ketika terluka, (2) kebahagian oxytocin terpicu ketika kita telah mempercayai seseorang, (3) kebahagian serotonin terpicu ketika individu merasa dirinya penting, dan (4) kebahagian dopamine terpicu ketika individu mengh...

Beyond the World of Comfort (my thoughts after reading 'Sophie's World')

"It was dark, nothing to be found.. except 'barrier' that goes all around and a rope that gives food and air" Every unborn baby viewed the world simply just like the description above, and by the time they were born into this world they were amazed by it; the baby's hands tried to touch everything in sight, to feel all the things it had seen and sometimes they would even tried to taste things; by putting it in their mouth! Just to show how curious they were. But as the time goes, the curiosity that once be the sole reason of most of their acts are becoming less and less as they will be accustomed with this new world that once were new to them. They have been lulled with the comfort of this world. A philosophical novel that I recently read entitled 'Sophie's World' gave me new perspective to view this world, it say like this in the novel: "To Summarize briefly: A white rabbit is pulled out of a top hat. Because it is an extremely large rabbit, the...