How tech is used to distance and dehumanise others

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Note the point about how technology removes the need for human contact, which can affect social cohesion. We are already glued to our screens when interacting with humans in our daily lives. Can you imagine how it would be like if service-providers are all replaced by robots in future? In fact, it's not even in the future, it's already here: when you withdraw money from the ATM, do transactions at AXS machines, internet banking, buying food from the vending machines....etc...

A society where daily transactions are conducted with machines and robtos is one where there is minimal human contact. This will lead to a society where people do not interact much with each other, one which is devoid of warmth and compassion and graciousness, and may even be a breeding ground for hatred towards certains groups as our bias against them has no chance to be cleared up since we have little opportunity to come into contact with them to really get to know them....

Qn: Should humans be hired when robots can do the job better? (PJC Prelim 2017)